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Alteration of streamflow magnitudes and potential ecological consequences: a multiregional assessment by Carlisle, Daren M, Wolock, David M, Meador, Michael R

“…Human impacts on watershed hydrology are widespread in the US, but the prevalence and severity of stream-flow alteration and its potential ecological…”
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Predicting the natural flow regime: models for assessing hydrological alteration in streams by Carlisle, Daren M, Falcone, James, Wolock, David M, Meador, Michael R, Norris, Richard H

“…Understanding the extent to which natural streamflow characteristics have been altered is an important consideration for ecological assessments of streams…”
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Life history strategies of fish species and biodiversity in eastern USA streams by Meador, Michael R, Brown, Larry M

“…Predictive models have been used to determine fish species that occur less frequently than expected (decreasers) and those that occur more frequently than…”
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Historical changes in fish communities in urban streams of the south‐eastern United States and the relative importance of water‐quality stressors by Meador, Michael R.

“…A total of 71 stream sites representing a gradient of urban land use were sampled across the Piedmont of the south‐eastern United States in 2014. Fish data…”
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Comparisons of Fish Species Traits from Small Streams to Large Rivers by Goldstein, Robert M., Meador, Michael R.

“…To examine the relations between fish community function and stream size, we classified 429 lotic freshwater fish species based on multiple categories within…”
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Assessing the added value of antecedent streamflow alteration information in modeling stream biological condition by Woods, Taylor, Eng, Ken, Carlisle, Daren M., Cashman, Matthew J., Meador, Michael R., Ryberg, Karen R., Maloney, Kelly O.

“…In stream systems, disentangling relationships between biology and flow and subsequent prediction of these relationships to unsampled streams is a common…”
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Relative Importance of Water‐Quality Stressors in Predicting Fish Community Responses in Midwestern Streams by Meador, Michael R., Frey, Jeffrey W.

“…Fish, habitat, and water chemistry data were collected from 98 streams in the midwestern United States, an area dominated by intense cultivation of row crops,…”
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Predicting the biological condition of streams: use of geospatial indicators of natural and anthropogenic characteristics of watersheds by Carlisle, Daren M, Falcone, James, Meador, Michael R

“…We developed and evaluated empirical models to predict biological condition of wadeable streams in a large portion of the eastern USA, with the ultimate goal…”
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Nutrient Enrichment and Fish Nutrient Tolerance: Assessing Biologically Relevant Nutrient Criteria by Meador, Michael R.

“…Relationships between nutrient concentrations and fish nutrient tolerance were assessed relative to established nutrient criteria. Fish community, nitrate plus…”
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Effectiveness of Seining after Electrofishing to Characterize Stream Fish Communities by Meador, Michael R

“…The richness and composition of species collected uniquely to electrofishing and subsequent seining efforts were examined at 271 stream sites across the USA by…”
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A call for strategic water-quality monitoring to advance assessment and prediction of wildfire impacts on water supplies by Murphy, Sheila F., Alpers, Charles N., Anderson, Chauncey W., Banta, J. Ryan, Blake, Johanna M., Carpenter, Kurt D., Clark, Gregory D., Clow, David W., Hempel, Laura A., Martin, Deborah A., Meador, Michael R., Mendez, Gregory O., Mueller-Solger, Anke B., Stewart, Marc A., Payne, Sean E., Peterman, Cara L., Ebel, Brian A.

“…Wildfires pose a risk to water supplies in the western U.S. and many other parts of the world, due to the potential for degradation of water quality. However,…”
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Effects of Electrofishing Gear Type on Spatial and Temporal Variability in Fish Community Sampling by Meador, Michael R., McIntyre, Julie P.

“…Fish community data collected from 24 major river basins between 1993 and 1998 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water‐Quality Assessment…”
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Assessing water quality at large geographic scales: Relations among land use, water physicochemistry, riparian condition, and fish community structure by MEADOR, Michael R, GOLDSTEIN, Robert M

“…Data collected from 172 sites in 20 major river basins between 1993 and 1995 as part of the US Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program…”
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Variance partitioning of stream diatom, fish, and invertebrate indicators of biological condition by Zuellig, Robert E., Carlisle, Daren M., Meador, Michael R., Potapova, Marina

“…Stream indicators used to make assessments of biological condition are influenced by many possible sources of variability. To examine this issue, we used…”
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Quantifying tolerance indicator values for common stream fish species of the United States by Meador, Michael R., Carlisle, Daren M.

“…The classification of fish species tolerance to environmental disturbance is often used as a means to assess ecosystem conditions. Its use, however, may be…”
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Estimation and application of indicator values for common macroinvertebrate genera and families of the United States by Carlisle, Daren M., Meador, Michael R., Moulton, Stephen R., Ruhl, Peter M.

“…Tolerance of macroinvertebrate taxa to chemical and physical stressors is widely used in the analysis and interpretation of bioassessment data, but many…”
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Single‐Pass versus Two‐Pass Boat Electrofishing for Characterizing River Fish Assemblages: Species Richness Estimates and Sampling Distance by Meador, Michael R.

“…Determining adequate sampling effort for characterizing fish assemblage structure in nonwadeable rivers remains a critical issue in river biomonitoring…”
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Can Basin Land Use Effects on Physical Characteristics of Streams Be Determined at Broad Geographic Scales by Goldstein, Robert M, Carlisle, Daren M, Meador, Michael R, Short, Terry M

“…The environmental setting (e.g., climate, topography, geology) and land use affect stream physical characteristics singly and cumulatively. At broad geographic…”
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Assessing the Efficacy of Single‐Pass Backpack Electrofishing to Characterize Fish Community Structure by Meador, Michael R., McIntyre, Julie P., Pollock, Kenneth H.

“…Two‐pass backpack electrofishing data collected as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water‐Quality Assessment Program were analyzed to assess the…”
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Biological Assessment of Streams in the Eastern United States Using a Predictive Model for Macroinvertebrate Assemblages by Carlisle, D.M, Meador, M.R

“…A predictive model (RIVPACS-type) for benthic macroinvertebrates was constructed to assess the biological condition of 1,087 streams sampled throughout the…”
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