Contents

Abstract
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1 Site description
2.2 Sampling protocol
2.3 Water quality assessment
2.4 Fish community survey
3. Results and Discussion
3.1 Fish community data
3.2 Environmental data
3.3 Link between stream morphology and year-of-last-dip-out
3.4 Link between stream heterogeneity and fish community metrics
3.5 Lake plain versus morainal stream segments
3.6 Fish community classification through clustering
3.7 Impacts of intermediate dip-out events
4. Conclusions and Future Research
References
Appendices
Appendix A- Data sheet
Appendix B – Fish collection data
Appendix C – 2008 fish pictures
Appendix D – Landowner fish data table