Data quality standards for monitoring mercury in resident lake fish – Version 1.0: Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network
Bartz KK, Sergeant CJ, VanderMeulen DD. 2018. Data quality standards for monitoring mercury in resident lake fish – Version 1.0: Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network. Natural Resource Report. NPS/SWAN/NRR—2018/1731. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The purpose of this report is to document standards used by the Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network (SWAN) for the collection, processing, storage, analysis, and publication of monitoring data, as described in the Protocol for Monitoring Mercury in Resident Lake Fish in SWAN parks (Bartz et al. 2018). The policies and procedures outlined in this abbreviated quality assurance plan complement the quality assurance plans for other monitoring activities conducted by the SWAN, and supplement the Quality Management Plan published by the National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M) as a whole (in development). The plan also serves as a guide for all SWAN personnel involved in protocol-related activities and as a resource for identifying memoranda, publications, and other literature that describe associated techniques and requirements in more detail. Henceforth, this plan will be referred to as the Data Quality Standards (DQSs) for the protocol.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bartz, Krista; Sergeant, Christopher; VanderMeulen, David
- Date of Issue
- 2018-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KATM , LACL , NRSS , SWAN
- Keywords
- Katmai NP&P, Lake Clark NP&P, lake trout, mercury, resident lake fish
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Toxics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Fishes