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Regional assessments of stream ecological condition: Scientific challenges associated with the USA's national Wadeable Stream Assessment
Citation:
HAWKINS, C. P., S. G. PAULSEN, J. VAN SICKLE, AND L. L. YUAN. Regional assessments of stream ecological condition: Scientific challenges associated with the USA's national Wadeable Stream Assessment. JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. North American Benthological Society, Lawrence, KS, 27(4):805-807, (2008).
Impact/Purpose:
In this special issue of J-NABS, we have compiled a series of papers that describe some of the major scientific challenges that were encountered during the national Wadeable Streams Assessment (WSA) and some of the lessons learned subsequent to the assessment.
Description:
In this special issue of J-NABS, we have compiled a series of papers that describe some of the major scientific challenges that were encountered during the national Wadeable Streams Assessment (WSA) and some of the lessons learned subsequent to the assessment. Our goal in producing this series was to use the WSA as a case study to illustrate the variety of scientific challenges that can arise when planning and implementing regional assessments, describe how those challenges were addressed for the WSA, describe some important spin-offs that emerged as a consequence of the WSA, and identify remaining knowledge or data gaps that will require attention in future regional assessments. We hope these papers will stimulate thinking about how to improve future assessments in the US and elsewhere.
