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Study Plan Number 08019-01

Branch : Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory

Study Plan Number : 08019-01

Study Title : Regional calibration of the EPA's Rapid Bioassessment Protocol for assessing aquatic ecosystem status in the Appalachians of Pennsylvania and New York

Starting Date : 04/01/1995

Completion Date : 12/31/2000

Principal Investigator(s) : DiLauro, Martin

Primary PI : DiLauro, Martin

Telephone Number : (570) 724-3322 x230

Email Address : mdilauro@usgs.gov

SIS Number : 5002144

Primary Program Element : Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Second Program Element : Fish and Aquatic Habitats

Status : Active

Abstract : The EPAs Rapid Bioassessment Protocol (RBP) is being embraced by many state and federal agencies as a standardized method for the inventory and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems due to its economical advantages in terms of manpower and costs as compared with traditional quantitative methods. Although standardized, the RBP requires calibration for specific geographic areas and ecoregions (Hughes 1989; Resh and Jackson 1993). The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has requested assistance in development of standardized techniques for monitoring biological resources. This study will use discrete EPA-defined ecoregions. The terms ecoregions and ecosystems have been greatly misused by several different agencies and are often mission-generated, consequently having little or no true ecological relevance. Some are based on geographical or political boundaries, others by watersheds or river basins. Some have used hydrologic units.

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Branch :	Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory
Study Plan Number :	08019-01
Study Title :	Regional calibration of the EPA's Rapid Bioassessment Protocol for assessing aquatic ecosystem status in the Appalachians of Pennsylvania and New York
Starting Date :	04/01/1995
Completion Date :	12/31/2000
Principal Investigator(s) :	DiLauro, Martin
Primary PI :	DiLauro, Martin
Telephone Number :	(570) 724-3322 x230
Email Address :	mdilauro@usgs.gov
SIS Number :	5002144
Primary Program Element :	Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Second Program Element :	Fish and Aquatic Habitats
Status :	Active
Abstract :	The EPAs Rapid Bioassessment Protocol (RBP) is being embraced by many state and federal agencies as a standardized method for the inventory and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems due to its economical advantages in terms of manpower and costs as compared with traditional quantitative methods. Although standardized, the RBP requires calibration for specific geographic areas and ecoregions (Hughes 1989; Resh and Jackson 1993). The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has requested assistance in development of standardized techniques for monitoring biological resources. This study will use discrete EPA-defined ecoregions. The terms ecoregions and ecosystems have been greatly misused by several different agencies and are often mission-generated, consequently having little or no true ecological relevance. Some are based on geographical or political boundaries, others by watersheds or river basins. Some have used hydrologic units.
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