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RECORD NUMBER: 1309 OF 1334

Main Title Volunteer lake monitoring : a methods manual.
Author Simpson, Jonathan T.,
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Prothro, Martha G.,
CORP Author North American Lake Management Society, Washington, DC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Assessment & Watershed Protection Division,
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA/440-4-91-002
Stock Number PB92-218411
OCLC Number 25897849
Subjects Water quality management--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Water--Pollution--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Environmental monitoring--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Additional Subjects Environmental monitoring ; Volunteers ; Water quality ; Lakes ; Methodology ; Algae ; Aquatic plants ; Oxygen ; Dissolved gases
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=00001KKO.PDF
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS66444
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS66444
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
Checkout
Status
EJAD  EPA 440/4-91-002 Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 11/14/1992
EJDD  EPA 440/4-91-002 Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD 02/14/2013
EJED  EPA 440/4-91-002 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 07/30/2004
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 440-4-91-002 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 440-9-91-002 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 08/25/2000
ELDM  TD223.S56x 1991 CCTE/GLTED Library/Duluth,MN 06/05/1998
ESAD  EPA 440-4-91-002 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 12/24/1992
NTIS  PB92-218411 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 121 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Abstract
Increasingly, State, local, and Federal agencies are finding that citizen volunteers are valuable partners in programs to monitor and protect our Nation's water resources. The EPA has developed the manual to present specific information on volunteer lake water quality monitoring methods. The manual begins by summarizing the steps necessary to plan and manage a volunteer monitoring program, including setting general goals, identifying the uses and users of collected data, and establishing sound quality assurance procedures. The manual discusses three parameters most commonly used by volunteer monitoring programs to measure the algal condition of a lake: Secchi disk transparency (a measure of water clarity and, indirectly, of algal density); chlorophyll a (a more reliable indicator of algal density); and total phosphorus (a measure of water fertility). Ideally, all three should be measured in a monitoring program. Step-by-step instructions are provided on sampling procedures. The manual concludes with advice on how to present volunteer-collected data.
Notes
"December, 1991." Shipping list no.: 92-216-P. "EPA/440/4-91-002." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
Foreword / Martha G. Prothro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Purpose of this manual -- Manual organization -- Planning a monitoring program -- Focusing on a lake condition -- introduction -- Algae -- Aquatic plants -- Dissolved oxygen -- Other lake conditions -- Monitoring algae -- Algal condition parameters -- Where to sample -- Where to sample in the water column -- Frequency of sampling -- Length of the sampling season -- How to sample -- Notes on equipment -- Monitoring aquatic plants -- Aquatic plant condition parameters -- Sampling considerations -- How to sample -- Monitoring dissolved oxygen -- Dissolved oxygen parameters -- Sampling considerations -- How to sample -- Monitoring other lake conditions -- Monitoring sedimentation -- Moniotoring suspended sediment -- Monitoring acidification -- Monitoring the bacteria at bathing beaches -- Training citizen volunteers -- The training process -- Creating a job analysis -- Planning the training -- Presenting the training -- Evaluating the training -- Follow-up coaching, motivation, and feedback -- Presenting monitoring results -- Overview of data presentations -- Algae results -- Aquatic plant results -- Dissolved oxygen results.