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  Step 1: Define the   Impairment
  Step 2: List Candidate   Causes
  Step 3: Eliminate
  Step 4: Diagnose
  Step 5: Compare   Strength of Evidence
  Step 6: Identify   Probable Cause
 
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Step 3: Evaluate Data from the Case  This image is a drawing of a caddisfly larva in its case. Caddisflies are aquatic insects that are used by biologists to monitor the environmental quality of streams.
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4.3. Results and Next Steps
 

At the conclusion of Step 4, the evidence from elsewhere is summarized and you should have two products:

Next: 4.4. Stressor-Response Relationships from Other Field Studies     Continue to Step 5
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