Protocols

Plastic pan traps with soapy water deployed along stream transects to capture terrestrial invertebrates falling into or near the river. Traps are pooled by transect and processed for taxonomic identif...

Three-pass electrofishing to estimate fish densities and species composition in stream reaches for characterizing predator presence and abundance.

Method for collecting fish skin mucus by gentle rubbing in plastic bags followed by freeze-drying and chemical characterization of mucus components including glycosaminoglycans, hexosamine, and uronic...

Standardized substrate tiles deployed in stream channels for algae colonization, followed by systematic scraping, filtering, and microscopic enumeration of didymo cells.