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Protocols for Monitoring Habitat Restoration Projects in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary

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Full reference: Roegner, G.C., H.L. Diefenderfer, A.B. Borde, R.M. Thom, E.M. Dawley, A.H. Whiting, S.A. Zimmerman, and G.E. Johnson. 2008. Protocols for Monitoring Habitat Restoration Projects in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary. PNNL-15793. Report by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, and Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, Oregon.

Includes a proposed a set of metrics and statistical design for restoration monitoring activities based on commonly shared ecological goals and specific protocols for:

  • hydrology (water surface elevation)
  • water quality (temperature, salinity)
  • elevation (topography)
  • landscape features (remote sensing)
  • plant community (composition and cover)
  • vegetation plantings (success)
  • fish community (species, temporal presence, size/age structure)
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