Diatom Monitoring Protocol Version 1.0: Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network
Ramstack JM, Edlund MB, Engstrom DR, Lafrancois BM, Elias JE. 2008. Diatom Monitoring Protocol Version 1.0: Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network. Natural Resource Report. NPS/GLKN/NRR—2008/068. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This protocol is designed to use diatoms as bioindicators to monitor lakes and large rivers within the National Park Service Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network (Network or GLKN) park units. Network parks encompass a variety of aquatic habitats and biota, including 129 named lakes, totaling nearly 41,000 ha (101,000 acres) (Lafrancois and Glase 2005). Monitoring of diatoms will occur in the lakes selected for GLKN’s monitoring of water quality in inland lakes (Elias et al. 2008) and at select sites that are part of monitoring in large rivers (Magdalene et al. 2007). The lakes selected for monitoring span gradients of surface area, depth, visitor use,water chemistry, and spatial distribution within each park. The few river sites selected for diatom monitoring will be lake-like, where sediment deposition occurs. Aquatic resources at each of the parks are described in Elias et al. (2008), Magdalene et al. (2007), and Route and Elias (2005). Throughout the remainder of this protocol we will refer only to the inland lakes protocol to simplify the description, although diatom monitoring also will occur at several sites that are part of the large rivers protocol. Because diatom monitoring will be conducted in close collaboration between GLKN staff and contracted cooperators, this protocol is intended to address the essential aspects required of the project partners.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ramstack, Joy; Edlund, Mark; Engstrom, Daniel; Lafrancois, Brenda; Elias, Joan
- Date of Issue
- 2008-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GLKN , IMDP , NRSS
- Keywords
- bioindicator, diatom, Diatom Protocol, Ecological Monitoring, Great Lakes Network, lake sediment, Lakes, Long Term Monitoring, monitoring protocol, Water Quality Monitoring, Water Resources
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Water Chemistry , Ecological Framework: Water | Water Quality | Microorganisms