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Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters: Bioassessment and Biocriteria Technical Guidance

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Complete document: Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters: Bioassessment and Biocriteria Technical Guidance (PDF (300 pp., 2.3 MB, About PDF; EPA-822-B-00-024; December 2000)

Chapter 1: Introduction: Bioassessment and Biocriteria
Chapter 2: Biological Survey
Chapter 3: Habitat Characterization
Chapter 4: Physical Classification and the Biological Reference Condition
Chapter 5: Sampling Program Issues, Biological Assemblages, and Design
Chapter 6: Water Column & Bottom Characteristics
Chapter 7: Tier 0: Desktop Screening
Chapter 8: Tier 1
Chapter 9: Tier 2
Chapter 10: Tier 3
Chapter 11: Index Development
Chapter 12: Quality Assurance: Design, Precision, and Management
Chapter 13: Case Studies
- Puget Sound
- Galveston Bay
- Tampa Bay
- North Carolina
- Indian River, Florida
- Ocean City, Maryland
- Environmental Quality of Estuaries of the Carolinian Province: 1995
- Assessment of the Ecological Conditions of the Delaware & Maryland Coastal Bays
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