The Effects of Microhabitat and Land Use on Stream Salamander Occupancy and Abundance in the Southwest Virginia Coalfields

Large-scale land uses such as residential wastewater discharge and coal mining practices, particularly surface coal extraction and associated valley fills, are of particular ecological concern in central Appalachia. Identification and quantification of both large-scale land use and microhabitat alt...

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Main Author: Sweeten, Sara
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Science
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51681