Measuring Ecological Health - Slide 9
EMAP Core Indicators
- Biological indicators to determine condition Physical and chemical indicators to identify potential stressors
Estuarine Indicators
Biological
- Benthic community assemblage
- Fish community assemblage
- Fish pathologies
- Fish tissue residues
- Submerged vegetation
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Water Column
- Dissolved oxygen
- Salinity
- Temperature
- Depth
- pH
- Nutrients
- Salinity
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Sediments
- Grain size
- Total organic carbon
- Sediment chemistry
- Sediment toxicity
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Stream Indicators
Biological
- Fish assemblage
- Benthic invertebrate assemblage
- Periphyton assemblage
- Riparian vegetation
- Amphibians
- Genetic biomarkers
- Bacteria
- Riparian birds
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Physical
- Conventional water quality parameters
- Physical habitat structure
- Fish tissue chemistry/toxics
- Sediment metabolism
- Sediment chemistry
- Sediment toxicity
- Water column toxicity
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