Data is included for two types of field surveys conducted for freshwater mussels in the mainstem of the middle and upper Delaware River in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States from 2000-2002. Timed search (qualitative) surveys were conducted during 2000-2001 from a point at the confluence of the East and West Branches of the Delaware River near Hancock, NY continuously downstream to a point at the mouth of the Paulins Kill River near Columbia, NJ. In this qualitative survey, mussel species and counts were collected in the field catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) data was determined for all mussel species within each of 1,095 consecutive stream sections ~200 m in length. Subsequent quantitative surveys were conducted...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Aquatic Biology,
Delaware River,
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area,
Ecology,
New Jersey, All tags...
New York,
Pennsylvania,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Unionidae,
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River,
Water Resources,
abundance,
catch-per-unit-effort,
distribution,
freshwater mussel,
population size, Fewer tags
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