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FIELD AND LABORATORY PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEW SAMPLING METHOD FOR RIVERINE MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES
Citation:
BLOCKSOM, K. A. AND J. E. FLOTEMERSCH. FIELD AND LABORATORY PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEW SAMPLING METHOD FOR RIVERINE MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-05/097 (NTIS PB2006-114612), 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
The goal of this research is to develop methods and indicators that are useful for evaluating the condition of aquatic communities, for assessing the restoration of aquatic communities in response to mitigation and best management practices, and for determining the exposure of aquatic communities to different classes of stressors (i.e., pesticides, sedimentation, habitat alteration).
Description:
This document describes the approach and results of a study to measure the performance characteristics of a macroinvertebrate sampling protocol recently developed for nonwadeable streams and rivers. The findings in this report will assist monitoring agencies by providing performance information not typically available with bioassessment methods.