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A validation study of a rapid field-based rating system for discriminating among flow permanence classes of headwater streams in South Carolina

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Abstract

Classifying streams according to permanence is important in determining regulatory jurisdiction and in implementing pollution control programs. Administrators of these programs need rapid methods for making timely and defensible decisions.

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Citation

Wenerick, William; Fritz, Ken M.; Kostich, Mitchell S. 2016. A validation study of a rapid field-based rating system for discriminating among flow permanence classes of headwater streams in South Carolina. In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical  Report  SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 1 p.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/50939