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Lake and Reservoir Bioassessment and Biocriteria

Technical Guidance Document

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Acknowledgements

Principal authors of this document are Jeroen Gerritsen (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Robert E. Carlson (Kent State University), Donald L. Dycus (Tennessee Valley Authority), Chris Faulkner (USEPA), George R. Gibson (USEPA), John Harcum (Tetra Tech, Inc.), and S. Abby Markowitz (Tetra Tech, Inc.).

Additional scientific, technical, editorial, and production contributions were made by Michael T. Barbour (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Allison M. Cauthorn (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Donald F. Charles (Patrick Center for Environmental Research), Joyce Lathrop-Davis (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Robert H. Kennedy (USACE), Edwin H. Liu (USEPA), Paula J. Proctor (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Susan Ratcliffe (USEPA), Amanda L. Richardson (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Blaine D. Snyder (Tetra Tech, Inc.), James B. Stribling (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Jeffrey S. White (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Sarah White (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Michel Schuster (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Emily Faalasli (Tetra Tech, Inc.), and Kelly Gathers (Tetra Tech, Inc.). This document was prepared by Tetra Tech, Inc.

Development of the protocols and this guidance document would not have been possible without the substantial contributions of the Lake Bioassessment Workgroup. Members of the Lake Bioassessment Workgroup included: Loren Bahls (Montana DHES), Michael T. Barbour (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Mary Belefski (USEPA), Mike Bira (USEPA), Don Bonneau (Iowa DNR), Roy Bouchard (Maine DEP), Dan Butler (Oklahoma Conservation Commission), Robert E. Carlson (Kent State University), Neil E. Carriker (Tennessee Valley Authority), Donald F. Charles (Patrick Center for Environmental Research), Dave Courtemanch (Maine DEP), Donald L. Dycus (Tennessee Valley Authority), Chris Faulkner (USEPA), Jeroen Gerritsen (Tetra Tech, Inc.), George R. Gibson (USEPA), David Hart (Patrick Center for Environmental Research), Steven Heiskary (MPCA), James Hulbert (Florida DEP), Susan Jackson (USEPA), Jack Jones (University of Missouri), Edwin Liu (USEPA), Ed Mills (Cornell University), Steve Paulsen (USEPA), Spencer Peterson (USEPA), Susan Ratcliffe (USEPA), Donna Sefton (USEPA), Tom Simon (USEPA), Kathy Stecker (South Carolina DHEC), and Richard S. Stemberger (Dartmouth College).

Cover artwork by Blaine Snyder of Tetra Tech, Inc.


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Home ~ Preface ~ Chapter 1 ~ Chapter 2
Chapter 3 ~ Chapter 4 ~ Chapter 5 ~ Chapter 6
Chapter 7 ~ Chapter 8 ~ Chapter 9 ~ Chapter 10
Appendix A ~ Appendix B ~ Appendix C ~ Appendix D
Appendix E ~ Appendix F ~ Appendix G


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