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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Manual Organization

Chapter 2 Elements of a Stream Study

2.1 Basic Concepts

2.2 Designing the Stream Study

2.3 Safety Considerations

2.4 Basic Equipment

Chapter 3 Watershed Survey Methods

3.1 How to Conduct a Watershed Survey

3.2 The Visual Assessment

• Watershed Survey Visual Assessment (PDF, 15.4 KB)

Chapter 4 Macroinvertebrates and Habitat

4.1 Stream Habitat Walk

• Stream Habitat Walk (PDF, 139.0 KB)

4.2 Streamside Biosurvey

• Streamside Biosurvey: Macroinvertebrates (PDF, 32.7 KB)

• Streamside Biosurvey: Habitat Walk (PDF, 24.6 KB)

4.3 Intensive Stream Biosurvey

• Selecting Metrics to Determine Stream Health

• Intensive Biosurvey: Macroinvertebrate Assessment (PDF, 92.7 KB)

• Intensive Biosurvey: Habitat Assessment (PDF, 82.8 KB)

Chapter 5 Water Quality Conditions

• Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Quality Assessment Measures

5.1 Stream Flow

• Data Form for Calculating Flow (PDF, 9.7 KB)

5.2 Dissolved Oxygen and Biochemical Oxygen Demand

5.3 Temperature

5.4 pH

5.5 Turbidity

5.6 Phosphorus

5.7 Nitrates

5.8 Total Solids

5.9 Conductivity

5.10 Total Alkalinity

5.11 Fecal Bacteria

• Water Quality Sampling Field Data Sheet (PDF, 6.2 KB)

Chapter 6 Managing and Presenting Monitoring Data

6.1 Managing Volunteer Data

6.2 Presenting the Data

6.3 Producing Reports

Appendices

A. Glossary

B. Scientific Supply Houses

C. Determining Latitude and Longitude

• Worksheet for Calculating Latitude and Longitude (PDF, 23.5 KB)

Acknowledgments

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