. Aquatic surveys and assessment of the Slim Buttes region of Harding and Butte Co., SD . Aquatic invertebrates; Aquatic invertebrates; Stream ecology; Stream ecology; Watershed ecology; Watershed ecology. Introduction Prairie stream systems throughout North America have suffered neglect due to a lack of comprehensive study and understanding (Matthews and Robison 1988, Dodds et al. 2004). Only recently have there been efforts to sample and describe the interactions among the state's prairie stream aquatic biota, and to relate prairie system aquatic communities to their landscapes. This study c
. Aquatic surveys and assessment of the Slim Buttes region of Harding and Butte Co., SD . Aquatic invertebrates; Aquatic invertebrates; Stream ecology; Stream ecology; Watershed ecology; Watershed ecology. Introduction Prairie stream systems throughout North America have suffered neglect due to a lack of comprehensive study and understanding (Matthews and Robison 1988, Dodds et al. 2004). Only recently have there been efforts to sample and describe the interactions among the state's prairie stream aquatic biota, and to relate prairie system aquatic communities to their landscapes. This study covers one such undocumented area. South Dakota's Slim Buttes region. From the smallest prairie spring (Figure 1) to the Little Missouri River as it leaves South Dakota a large prairie river (Figure 2), the Slim Buttes region contains a wide variety of aquatic Figure 1. Picnic Spring in the Cave Hills, a small Northwestern Great Plains perennial Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stagliano, David M; Montana State Library; Montana Natural Heritage Program; Montana Natural Resource Information System. Helena, MT : Montana Natural Heritage Program
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