Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Programs Throughout the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network Region: Commonalities Among Regulatory Authorities
Tzilkowski CJ. 2008. Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Programs Throughout the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network Region: Commonalities Among Regulatory Authorities. Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2008/001. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Northeast Region. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network (ERMN) selected benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI) as one of the 10 vital signs in the ERMN Inventory and Monitoring Program. To maximize benefits of the Program, data collected by the ERMN monitoring programs must be comparable to data collected by environmental protection agencies in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. This report summarizes and compares the BMI bioassessment and biomonitoring protocols used or advocated by state and federal agencies in the ERMN region. The report also includes access information for agency representatives, in addition to recommendations for the ERMN to develop a broadly applicable BMI sampling protocol that meets data quality criteria of agencies with jurisdiction in the ERMN region.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Tzilkowski, Caleb
- Date of Issue
- 2008-01
- Publisher
- United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Northeast Region
- Units
- DEWA , ERMN , UPDE
- Keywords
- Abundance (Biodiversity), Aquatic, assessment, bioassessment, chironomid midge, Distribution (Biodiversity), Macroinvertebrate, mayfly, Presence (Biodiversity), stonefly
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Algae , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Invertebrates