Merced River Corridor Restoration Plan, Phase IV: Dredger Tailings Reach, Merced County, CA
Client: California Bay-Delta Authority Ecosystem Restoration Program

 

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Technical Memo #7: Baseline Monitoring of the Merced River Dredger Tailings Reach

Physical

·         Tracers

·         Scour chains

·         Permeability sampling

Biological

·         Extent, distribution, and characterization of fry and juvenile Chinook salmon habitat.

·         Redd superimposition modeling

·         BMI and avian abundance, species diversity

·         BMI biovolume calculations for food-web linkages

·         Avian habitat utilization

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Full Report    (29.2 MB)

 

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Tech Memo #7    (1.7 MB)

Section 1 and 2 Figures    (999 KB)

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Section 7 Figures     (10.2 MB)

Section 8 Figures     (170 KB)