Table 17. (Concluded). 



Zone 



Factors Ila lib III IV 



Availability of aquatic macro- 

 invertebrates 3 3 3 3 



Availability of chimney-building 



floodplain crayfish 2 2 2 3 1 



Forage for adult fish (when flooded) 3 3 3 3 2 



Refuge for young fish (when flooded) 2 3 2 3 3 



Diversity of forest strata (for bird 



guilds, etc.) 13 12 3 



Availability of ground- level hiberna- 

 tion sites (stump-holes, logs, leaf 

 base of swamp palm, crayfish burrows) 3 3 



Availability of aboreal hibernacula 



(tree cavity sites in old growth forest) 3 3 3 3 3 



Presence of rare and endangered species 

 (e.g., Swainson's and Bachman's warblers, 

 ivorybilled and red-cockaded woodpecker) 



Diversity of fish species 



Diversity of amphibians and reptiles 



Diversity of small mammals 



Breeding bird diversity and density of 



individuals 11233 



Refuge for "terrestrial" fauna from 



high water 3 



Refuge for fish during low water 3 3 2 



Forage and cover for species on adjacent 



uplands (skink, toad, pine vole, mole, 



least shrew, fox, etc.) 12 3 



Totals: 32 39 35 59 64 



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