Revised protocols for sampling algal, invertebrate, and fish communities as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program
By Stephen R. Moulton II, Jonathan G. Kennen, Robert M. Goldstein, and Julie A. Hambrook
[USGS Open-File Report 02-150]
Abstract
Algal, invertebrate, and fish communities
are characterized as part of ecological studies in
the U.S. Geological Survey.s National
Water-Quality Assessment Program. Information
from these ecological studies, together with
chemical and physical data, provide an integrated
assessment of water quality at local, regional, and
national scales. Analysis and interpretation of
water-quality data at these various geographic
scales require accurate and consistent application
of sampling protocols and sample-processing
procedures. This report revises and unifies into a
single document the algal, invertebrate, and fish
community sampling protocols used in the
National Water-Quality Assessment Program.
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