National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) 2015 Cumulative Habitat Condition Scores and Disturbance Indices Linked to Catchments of Southeast Alaska

This shapefile contains cumulative fish habitat condition index (HCI) scores as well as specific disturbance indices for local and network catchments of Southeast Alaska. Catchments creation was leveraged through a project occurring at Michigan State University (Ross 2013). The source datasets compiled and attributed to spatial units were identified as being: (1) meaningful for assessing fluvial fish habitat; (2) consistent across the entire study area in the way that they were assembled; (3) broadly representative of conditions in the past 10 years, and (4) of sufficient spatial resolution that they could be used to make valid comparisons among local catchment units.
Citations: Ross, J.A. Influences of timber management and natural landscape factors on anadromous streams of southeastern Alaska: Relating local and catchment factors to aquatic habitat. 2013. Master’s thesis. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.