RISC: Background Documents

Aquatic Ecosystem

Manual Title Date Gov't Publications Order No. Download Files
Aquatic Habitat Classification: Literature Review Towards Development of a Classification System for BC Mar. '94 7680001664 [PDF]
A Guide for the Selection of Standard Methods for Quantifying Sportfish Habitat Capability and Suitability in Streams and Lakes of BC Mar. '94 7680000665 [PDF]
A Preliminary Survey of Fisheries Information Collected by Forest Companies Operating in Coastal BC May '92   [PDF]
A Survey of Fisheries Information Collected by Forest Companies in the Interior of BC Apr. '93   [PDF]
An Ecozone Classification for Lakes and Streams of British Columbia - Version 1 Jan. '98   [PDF]
An Introduction and Key to the Freshwater Calanoid Copepods (Crustacea) of British Columbia Mar. '94   [PDF]
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Application of RIC Standards in Fish and Habitat Surveys Conducted by the Forest Industry in Coastal BC May '01   [PDF]
Aquatic Ecozone System - Version 1 - User Manual Mar. '98   [PDF]
Collecting and Preserving Aquatic Plants May '94 7680000733 [PDF]
Compendium of Recommended Keys for British Columbia Freshwater Organisms:
  • Part 1 - Freshwater Keys
  • Part 2 - Taxonomic Bibliography of Literature Pertaining to the Freshwater Organisms of British Columbia
  • Part 3 - Classification Scheme of Freshwater Aquatic Organisms
   7680000676 Part 1 [PDF]
Part 2 [PDF]
Part 3 [PDF]
Identification Keys to the Aquatic Plants of British Columbia Apr. '94 7680000620 [PDF]
Index Site for Aquatic Ecoregions of British Columbia Jan. '99   [PDF]
Indicators of Fish Sustainability: Managed and Rare Fish in Forest Environments Apr. 02   Document [PDF]
Appendices [PDF]
Tables [PDF]
Monitoring Land Use Impacts on Fish Sustainability in Forest Environments Mar. '02   [PDF]
Proceedings of the 1994 Salmon Escapement Workshop plus an Annotated Bibliography on Escapement Estimation 1995 7680000731  
Report of the Fisheries Inventory Task Force on Fisheries Conservation and Management Inventories for the Future May '92 7680000721 [PDF]
Report of the Water and Watershed Task Force for the Resource Inventory Committee May '92 7680000727 [PDF]
A Review of Habitat Capacity for Salmon Spawning and Rearing July '93 7680000730 [PDF]

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