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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fisheries Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Surveys

Metadata Updated: June 5, 2024

These data represent an assessment of Ichthyofaunal community structure in selected streams located in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM). Sites are sampled on a rotational basis occurring once every two years. Currently (2020), there are ten watersheds being sampled using IBI protocols. Depending on the yearly rotation, these watersheds include Noland Creek, Deep Creek, Big Creek, Oconaluftee River, Eagle Creek, the East Prong of Little River (two sites), Straight Fork, Tabcat Creek, and Hazel Creek. In 2020, six sites were surveyed: East Prong Little River at Elkmont, Cataloochee Creek, Eagle Creek, West Prong Little River, Abrams Creek, and Oconaluftee River. Fish community assemblage assessments are made after collecting specimens using backpack electrofishing and seining techniques. Unlike the 3-Pass depletion method used to observe census data from GRSM streams, an IBI is used to determine how many species of fish are represented in a stream segment by surveying the various types of habitat: riffles, runs, pools, and shoreline. Techniques for IBI sampling also use seining in conjunction with electrofishing for fish capture. The point of IBI sampling isn’t to remove all the fish present, but rather to determine the community assemblage, i.e., species diversity within the stream segment. The GRSM Fishery Division works in conjunction with aquatics biologists at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), who then provide “scores” regarding the species’ representation or robustness given the site criteria. IBI scores and metrics are determined using the TVA IBI Stream Survey Recording System v2.02. Once data have been entered by GRSM staff in the TVA Stream Survey database, results are sent to TVA biologists, who then provide GRSM with the scores associated with the species observed. These scores for 2020 survey data were provided to GRSM by TVA during Fall 2020.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2238679

Dates

Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date June 5, 2024

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Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date June 5, 2024
Publisher National Park Service
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2020-10-14T12:00:00Z
Data Last Modified 2020-10-14
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Public Access Level public
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Homepage URL https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2238679
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Program Code 010:118, 010:119
Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > National Park Service
Related Documents https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2238679
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Temporal 2012-07-25T12:00:00Z/2020-10-05T12:00:00Z

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