Citation:

U.S. EPA. Climate Change Effects on Stream and River Biological Indicators: A Preliminary Analysis (Final Report). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-07/085F, 2008.

Impact/Purpose:

This report is a preliminary analysis of how biological indicators are likely to respond to climate change, how well current sampling schemes may detect climate-driven changes, and how likely it is that these sampling schemes will continue to detect impairment.

Description:

EPA announced the availability of the final report,Climate Change Effects on Stream and River Biological Indicators: A Preliminary Analysis. This report is a preliminary assessment that describes how biological indicators are likely to respond to climate change, how well current sampling schemes may detect climate-driven changes, and how likely it is that these sampling schemes will continue to detect impairment.

URLs/Downloads:

Climate Change Effects on Stream and River Biological Indicators: A Preliminary Analysis (Final Report)  (PDF, 119 pp,  2917  KB,  about PDF)

First Climate Change Bioindicators Workshop Summary Report  (PDF, 25 pp,  128  KB,  about PDF)

Second Climate Change Bioindicators Workshop Report  (PDF, 26 pp,  151  KB,  about PDF)

Presentation at NABS (North American Benthological Society) in June 2007  (PDF, 22 pp,  664  KB,  about PDF)

link to meeting site: www.benthos.org/Meeting/nabs2007/index.htm  

link to NABS: www.benthos.org/index.cfm  

EPA Bioassessment and Biocriteria program

EPA Biological Indicators Web site

EPA/OW/OWOW Wadebale Streams Assessment:

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )

Product Published Date:04/16/2008

Record Last Revised:03/20/2017

OMB Category:Other

Record ID: 190304

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Acronyms:

Title :Climate Change Effects on Stream and River Biological Indicators: A Preliminary Analysis (Final Report)

Version :1.0

Acronym :NABS

Acronym Meaning :NABS

Document IDs:

EPA Number :EPA/600/R-07/085F