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Measurement SWF-VIS-EST Streamflow by visual estimate Y
BIOASSAY ASTM-E1706-00 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Toxicity of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Fresh Water Invertebrates (Historical Method) ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428-2959 USA, 2000. Historical Method. Y
COLLECTION COMP-SED-BACTERIA Composite of bacteria sediment samples collected from a transect or grid cell by scooping with stainless steel spoon into stainless steel bowl, then thoroughly stirring to homogenize. Collection and decontamination procedures follow Ecology SOP EAP069. Y
MEASUREMENT DEPTH Depth by measuring stick or tape Y
Measurement Transmissometer Underwater beam transmittance by photoelectric transmissometer, wavelength 650-60 nm, pathlength 25 cm. Y
Collection AugerSplitSpoon Auger, hollow stem with split spoon sampler Y Auger-SplitSpoon
ANALYSIS ALPCOEST17 17 beta estradiol in water and wastewater by ELISA Immunoassay, ALPCO Diagnostics, Salem, NH ALPCO Diagnostics, 26-G Keewaydin Drive, Salem, NH 03079, 800-592-5726, http://www.alpco.com Y
Derivation ORGNCALC1 Organic Nitrogen by calculation (Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen by EPA 351.4 minus Ammonia by EPA 350.1M) U.S.EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), Microbiological and Chemical Exposure Assessment Research Division, Cincinnati, OH Y
Measurement DO-OPTICAL Dissolved Oxygen (DO) by Optical (Luminescent) Sensor (LDO) Generic, technology-based method. Use in place of instrument-specific methods. If you wish, put instrument-specific info in comment field. Y
Analysis Tritium-EE-GPC Tritium by electrolytic enrichment and gas proportional counting Tritium Laboratory, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Division of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, 2010 Y
ANALYSIS ML-EASYGEL Detection of waterborne coliforms and E. coli with Coliscan Easygel Micrology Laboratories L.L.C., 1303 Eisenhower Dr., S. Goshen, IN, (888) EAS-YGEL , http://www.micrologylabs.com, 1999 Y
Measurement PHSTRIP pH by strip Y
Collection HOOP-MACROPHYTE Hoop method for collection of macrophytes and filamentous algae. Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Sample Collection and Laboratory Analysis of chlorophyll a; Standard Operating Procedure, Revision 4. 2008. Y
Collection BAILER-POLYETHYLENE Bailer, Polyethylene Y
Derivation PCALC-365.1-4500P-F Total Phosphorus calculated by adding Phosphorus by EPA365.1 (Phosphorus, All Forms (Colorimetric, Automated, Ascorbic Acid)) and Phosphorus by SM4500PF (Phosphorus/Orthophosphate by Automated Ascorbic Acid Reduction). Y
Derivation TDS-CALC-HEM85 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Calculated, Hem 1985 Hem, J.D., 1985, Study and interpretation of the chemical characteristics of natural water (3rd Ed.): USGS Water Supply Paper 2254. Y
Measurement CONDUCTIVITY-SBE Conductivity sensor using cylindrical, flow-through, borosilicate glass cell with three internal platinum electrodes & Wein bridge, unique to Sea-Bird Electronics Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., 1808 136th Place NE, Bellevue, WA 98005, 425-643-9866, http://www.seabird.com Y
ANALYSIS MSA31-3 Nitrogen (Ammonia), Kjeldahl Digestion, Colorimetric Finish, Phenate Method, Methods Soil Anal, 1982 Stevenson, F.J., 1982. Nitrogen-Organic forms, p 625–641. In A. L. Page et al. (ed.), Methods of Soil Analysis, 1982, 2nd Edition, Part 2 - Chemical and Microbiological Properties, American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Madison, WI Y
ANALYSIS I-1472-87 Metals in Water by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) (USGS) USGS-NWQL, Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Substances in Water and Fluvial Sediments, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey, Book 5, Chapter A1, Rev 1987 Y
Analysis ISO-13320:2009 Particle/grain size distribution by laser diffraction for solid and liquid matrices ISO 13320:2009, Particle Size Analysis – Laser Diffraction Methods, International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, Corrected version 2009-12-01 Y
COLLECTION CORE-KB-M Corer, Modified K-B Y
Derivation H2S-CALC-PHILLIPS97 Calculation of Total Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) where “[H2S] = [total S2-] x (1-(1/(1 + 10^(pKa – pH)))” and pKa = 7.1 Phillips, B.M., Anderson, B.S., Hunt, J.W. (1997). Measurement and Distribution of Interstitial and Overlying Water Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide in Sediment Toxicity Tests. Marine Environ. Research 44, 117-126 Y
Analysis CLP-SOM01.1 Multi-Media, Multi-Concentration,Organic Analytical Service for Superfund, EPA Contact Lab Program (CLP), SOM01.1 U.S. EPA. Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Organic Analysis, Multi-Media, Multi-Concentration, OLM01.1, May 2005 Y
Collection SED-INLINE-FILTER Suspended sediment / suspended particulate matter (SPM) by inline filtration Washington State Dept. of Ecology, 2008, Standard Operating Procedure for Collecting Freshwater Suspended Particulate Matter Samples using In-Line Filtration, EAP041, November 2008. Y SED-INLINE
Derivation EPA353.2-ASTM-D3590 Total Nitrogen calculated from Nitrate-Nitrite as N by EPA353.2 and Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen as N by ASTM-D3590. Y
COLLECTION COMP-CT-CV Composite sample, constant time/constant volume. Samples of equal volume are taken at equal increments of time and composited to make time-composite an average sample. Washington State Department of Ecology SOP ECY002, Standard Operating Procedure for Automatic Sampling for Stormwater Monitoring, V1, September 2009. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/qa/Agency/ECY_SOP_AutomatedSampling_v1_0.pdf Y
Collection SPME-LIQUID-INSITU Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) fiber sampler for liquids, deployed in situ. Y
ANALYSIS IKONOMOU02 Gas Chromatography - High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (GC-HRMS) Based Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Nine Organotin Compounds in Water, Sediment, and Tissue Ikonomou, M.G., M. Fernandez, T. He, and D.A. Cullon. 2002. Journal of Chromatography A, 975(2):319-333. Y
Analysis Gustafsson1997A Quantification of the dilute sedimentary soot phase: Implications for PAH speciation and bioavailability. Gustafsson, O., F. Haghseta, C. Chan, J. Macfarlane, and P. Gschwend, M. 1997. Quantification of the dilute sedimentary soot phase: Implications for PAH speciation and bioavailability. Environ. Sci. Technol. 31:203-209. Y
Derivation DNR-TFW-AM9-99-005 TFW Monitoring Program manual for the stream temperature survey. Schuett-Hames, D., A. E. Pleus, E. Rashin, and J. Matthews. 1999a. Prepared for the Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources under the Timber, Fish, and Wildlife Agreement. Rep. No. TFW-AM9-99-005. DNR # 107. Y
Measurement GWL-TAPE-PASTE Product or groundwater level by measuring tape with hydrocarbon- and water-sensitive paste Y TAPE-PASTE
ANALYSIS DO-WT-STRICKLAND72 Dissolved oxygen (DO) by Winkler titration modified per Strickland and Parsons (1972). Strickland, J.D.H., and Parsons, T.R., 1972. Determination of Dissolved Oxygen. IN: A Practical Handbook of Seawater Analysis, Bull 167 (Second ed.). Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Ottawa. Pp 21-26. Y
Measurement TURB-NEPH-780 Turbidity by nephelometric field meter, 780 nm infrared light, 90 degree detector, 0-1600 NTU range Generic, technology-based method. Use in place of instrument-specific methods. If you wish, put instrument-specific info in comment field. Y
Analysis ID-COUNT-LEVEL3 Level 3 (Lowest Possible Level) Identification and Count for Benthic Samples from Hard-Bottomed Wadable Streams Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP); Northwest Standard Taxonomic Effort (NWSTE), https://www.pnamp.org/document/5210, January 2013 Y
COLLECTION KEMMER-SS Bottle, Kemmerer, Stainless Steel Y
Collection COMP-IWSD2 Integrated Water Sampler Device, 2 m, 3.2 cm id PVC tube fitted with top stopper plug and bottom valve. USEPA, 2017. National Lakes Assessment 2017. Field Operations Manual. EPA 841-B-16-002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC., Chapter 5.5 Y
Bioassay ECY-SCUMII-C15 Marine and Freshwater Microtox® 100 Percent Sediment Porewater Toxicity Test (SCUM II Appendix C), Rev 2015 Ecology, 2015. Sediment Cleanup User’s Manual II (SCUM II), Guidance for Implementing the Cleanup Provisions of the Sediment Management Standards, Chapter 173 -204 WAC, Appendix C, Ecology Publication No. 12-09-057, March 2015. Y
Preparation PeriphytonPrepEcy Preparation and Processing of Periphyton Soft Tissue for Taxonomic Identification, and Analysis for Chlorophyll a, Ash Free Dry Weight, Percent Total Solids, Total Organic Carbon, Metals, and Nutrients. Anderson, P.D. and S. Collyard, 2016. EAP SOPXX, V 1.0. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/quality.html Y
Measurement SWFMB Streamflow by bucket or other container and stopwatch. Y
PREPARATION RYDIN2000P-DITH Dithionate Extraction for Fe-Bound Phosphorus Rydin, Emil, Brian Huser and Eugene B. Welch, 2000. Amount of Phosphorus Inactivated by Alum Treatments in Washington Lakes, Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), pp. 226-230 and Psenner, R., et al., 1988. Y
Analysis ALS-SVM-D4SO Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) in Sediment and Biosolids by GC/MS, Revision 0 ALS Environmental SOP, 2014. Kelso Laboratory, WA, Revision 0, 10/1/2014. Y
Collection SPME-LIQUID-EXSITU Solid-Phase Microextraction (SPME) fiber sampler for liquids, ex situ (in lab using field sample). Y
Analysis UNH-SOP1.06 Water Sample Filtration and Analysis for Total Suspended Solids (TSS, Dried at 90-120 deg C), Chlorophyll and Phaepigments U. New Hampshire, Jackson Estuarine Lab SOP 1.06. IN Mueller, C, et al. (eds.) 1992. SOPs and Field Methods Used for Conducting Ecological Risk Assessment Case Studies. Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center, TD 2296, San Diego, CA, 470p. Y UNHSOP1.06
Measurement IFGA-METER Infrared Dual Wavelength Internal Cell Gas Analyzer/Field Meter (for percent CH4, CO2, O2) Y IGA-METER
Analysis USDOE-SR-05-RC Strontium-90 in Environmental Water Samples The Procedures Manual of the Environmental Measurements Laboratory, Volumes I & II, 28th Edition, US Department of Energy Environmental Measurements Laboratory, Washington, D.C., HASL-300, February 1997 Y Sr-05-RC
BIOASSAY EPA-ACE-91/LEE-EPA89 Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal Test Manual, EPA/ACE 91 AND Guidance Manual: Bedded Sediment BioaccumulationTests, EPA 600/X-89/302 Combination method. See original individual methods - EPA-ACE-DMMP91 and Lee-EPA89 Y
ANALYSIS FERG2001 Determination of steroid estrogens in wastewater by immunoaffinity extraction coupled with HPLC-electrospray-MS Ferguson P. L., C. R. Iden, A. E. McElroy, and B. J. Brownawell. 2001. Determination of Steroid Estrogens in Wastewater by Immunoaffinity Extraction Coupled with HPLC-Electrospray-MS. Analytical Chemistry 73: 3890-3895. Y
Bioassay ASTM/EPA/ECY-COMBO2 Standard Guide for Determination of the Bioaccumulation of Sediment-Associated Contaminants by Benthic Invertebrates (ASTM-E1688) AND Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal Test Manual, EPA-ACE-DMMP91 AND Guidance Manual: Bedded Sediment BioaccumulationTests, EPA 600/X-89/302 (Lee-EPA89) Combination method. See individual methods ASTM-E1688-00a, EPA-ACE-DMMP91, and Lee-EPA89 Y
BIOASSAY PSEP-BIO95 Puget Sound Estuary Protocols, Laboratory Bioassays on Puget Sound Sediments, Rev. 1995 Puget Sound Estuary Program (PSEP), 1995. Recommended Guidelines for Conducting Laboratory Bioassays on Puget Sound Sediments. Prepared by PTI Environmental Services for US EPA Region 10. Y
Measurement ISO-7027-1:2016A Turbidity by Nephelometry (part 1A) ISO 7027-1:2016, Water quality, Determination of turbidity, Part 1: Quantitative methods, ISO/TC 147/SC 2, Physical, chemical and biochemical methods, 13.060.60, Examination of physical properties of water Y
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