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| Title | Evaluating Physical Habitat and Water Chemistry Data from Statewide Stream Monitoring Programs to Establish Least-Impacted Conditions in Washington State |
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Evaluating Physical Habitat and Water Chemistry Data from Statewide Stream Monitoring Programs to Establish Least-Impacted Conditions in Washington State (Number of pages: 93) (Publication Size: 2174KB)
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| Author(s) | Wilmoth, S.K.C., Irvine, K.M., and Larson, C.A. | ||||
| Description | Various GIS-generated land-use predictor variables, physical habitat metrics, and water chemistry variables from 75 reference streams and 351 randomly sampled sites throughout Washington State were evaluated for effectiveness at discriminating reference from random sites within level III ecoregions. A combination of multivariate clustering and ordination techniques were used. We describe average observed conditions for a subset of predictor variables as well as proposing statistical criteria for establishing reference conditions for stream habitat in Washington. Using these criteria, we determined whether any of the random sites met expectations for reference condition and whether any of the established reference sites failed to meet expectations for reference condition. Establishing these criteria will set a benchmark from which future data will be compared. For Watershed Health Monitoring, see link under Web Page below. For Stream Biological Monitoring, see https://ecology.wa.gov/StreamBiology |
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| Contact | Chad Larson at 360-407-7456 or clar461@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | water chemistry, watershed health, physical habitat, streams, benthic | ||||
| WEB PAGE | Watershed Health Monitoring | ||||
| DATA | Environmental Information Management (EIM) #WHM_BIO Environmental Information Management (EIM) #WHM_BIO_P Environmental Information Management (EIM) #WHM_ERR0 Environmental Information Management (EIM) #WHM_SEN Environmental Information Management (EIM) #WHM_SEN_P Environmental Information Management (EIM) #WHM_WAM0 Environmental Information Management (EIM) #WHM_WAM0_P |
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| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
Quality Assurance Monitoring Plan: Ambient Biological Monitoring in Rivers and Streams: Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Periphyton |
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