University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Open Access Dissertations 2-2012 Beaver Dams Maintain Native Fish Biodiversity Via Altered Habitat Heterogeneity in a Coastal Stream Network: Evaluating Gear, Quantifying Fish Assemblages, and Testing Ecological Hypotheses Joseph Michael Smith University of Massachusetts Amherst,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Smith, Joseph Michael, "Beaver Dams Maintain Native Fish Biodiversity Via Altered Habitat Heterogeneity in a Coastal Stream Network: Evaluating Gear, Quantifying Fish Assemblages, and Testing Ecological Hypotheses" (2012). Open Access Dissertations. 514. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/514 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. BEAVER DAMS MAINTAIN NATIVE FISH BIODIVERSITY VIA ALTERED HABITAT HETEROGENEITY IN A COASTAL STREAM NETWORK: EVALUATING GEAR, QUANTIFYING FISH ASSEMBLAGES, AND TESTING ECOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES A Dissertation Presented by JOSEPH M. SMITH Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY February 2012 School of Marine Sciences © Copyright by Joseph M. Smith 2012 All Rights Reserved BEAVER DAMS MAINTAIN NATIVE FISH BIODIVERSITY VIA ALTERED HABITAT HETEROGENEITY IN A COASTAL STREAM NETWORK: EVALUATING GEAR, QUANTIFYING FISH ASSEMBLAGES, AND TESTING ECOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES A Dissertation Presented by JOSEPH M. SMITH Approved as to style and content by: ______________________________________ Martha E. Mather, Chair ______________________________________ Robert M.