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Estuaries and Near Coastal Areas
Biocriteria Links
Bioassessment & Biocriteria Guidance
To download the entire guidance document, click here (PDF, 11.9MB)
Guidance Document Contents
Cover
(PDF, 549K)
Acknowledgements
Table
of Contents
Acronym
List
Executive
Summary
| Chapter 1: | Introduction: Bioassessment and Biocriteria (PDF, 570K) |
| Chapter 2: | Biological Survey (PDF, 90K) |
| Chapter 3: | Habitat Characterization (PDF, 277K) |
| Chapter 4: | Physical Classification and the Biological Reference Condition (PDF, 412K) |
| Chapter 5: | Sampling Program Issues, Biological Assemblages, and Design (PDF, 358K) |
| Chapter 6: | Water Column & Bottom Characteristics (PDF, 117K) |
| Chapter 7: | Tier 0: Desktop Screening (PDF, 58K) |
| Chapter 8: | Tier 1 (PDF, 77K) |
| Chapter 9: | Tier 2 (PDF, 70K) |
| Chapter 10: | Tier 3 (PDF, 74K) |
| Chapter 11: | Index Development (PDF, 2.8M) |
| Chapter 12: | Quality Assurance: Design, Precision, and Management (PDF, 387K) |
| Chapter 13: | Case Studies Puget Sound (PDF, 201K) Galveston Bay (PDF, 110K) Tampa Bay (PDF, 75K) North Carolina (PDF, 117K) Indian River, Florida (PDF, 72K) Ocean City, Maryland (PDF, 1.5M) Environmental Quality of Estuaries of the Carolinian Province: 1995 (PDF, 4.5M) Assessment of the Ecological Conditions of the Delaware & Maryland Coastal Bays (PDF, 76K) |
Glossary (PDF, 68K)
Literature Cited (PDF, 156K)