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Aquatic Habitat

Your Tasks Due Today:

1. Watch the video podcasts shown below before coming to class today.

2. Complete the Video Response Canvas Quiz before coming to class today.

3. Read Gorman, O. T., and J. R. Karr. 1978. Habitat structure and stream fish communities. Ecology 59.3: 507–515. (7.5 pages of reading)

4. Complete Reading Response Canvas Quiz before coming to class today.

Educational content addessed in this chapter:

Assignment we will work on in class today:

Finish assignment 2.

Video Podcast: Aquatic Habitat

This 44-minute presentation describes methods used to characterize habitat at three spatial scales- catchment, mesohabitat, and microhabitat. The presentation focuses on field-based methods.

640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (312 MB file)
1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (2.4 GB file)

Video Podcast: Aquatic Habitat Modeling (OPTIONAL!)

This optional 20-minute presentation explains how to do numericla modeling of aquatic habitat. Models are done using software, so it is very feasible for undergraduate students to do.

640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (152 MB file)
1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (1.1 GB file)