Criteria Development Guidance

Estuarine and Coastal Waters

Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters

EPA-822-B-01-003; October 2001

The purpose of this document is to provide scientifically defensible technical guidance to assist states and authorized Tribes in developing quantitative nutrients and algal criteria for estuaries and coastal waters.

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Guidance Manual: Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters

Complete document: Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters (PDF) (362 pp., 6.5 MB; About PDF)

Chapter 1: Introduction and Objectives
Chapter 2: Scientific Basis for Estuarine and Coastal Waters Quantitative Nutrient Criteria
Chapter 3: Classification of Estuarine and Coastal Waters
Chapter 4: Variables and Measurement Methods To Assess and Monitor Estuarine/Marine Eutrophic Conditions
Chapter 5: Databases, Sampling Design, and Data Analysis
Chapter 6: Determining the Reference Condition
Chapter 7: Nutrient and Algal Criteria Development
Chapter 8: Using Nutrient Criteria To Protect Water Quality
Chapter 9: Use of Models in Nutrient Criteria Development
Case Studies
Appendices
Reference List

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Criteria Development Guidance

Estuarine and Coastal Waters

Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters

Guidance Manual: Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters

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