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Table of Contents

Sampling and Analytical Procedures
for GLNPO’s Open Lake Water Quality Survey
of the Great Lakes

Cover page (PDF 150Kb)
Table of Contents (PDF 155Kb)
Chapter 1: Water Quality Survey Overview
Introduction (PDF 165Kb)
  LG100 (PDF 361Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for General Shipboard Scientific Operations, Revision 02
  LG101 (PDF 216Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Electronic Field Information Recording, Revision 01
Chapter 2: Nutrient Parameters
  Introduction (PDF 123Kb)
  LG200 (PDF 277Kb) Field Sampling Using the Rosette Sampler, Revision 04
  LG201 (PDF 130Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Niskin Bottle Hydrographic Line Sampling, Revision 01
  LG203 (PDF 377Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Nitrate-Nitrite in Lake Water (QuikChem FIA+8000 Method), Revision 06
  LG204 (PDF 384Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Total and Total Dissolved Phosphorous (Lachat Method 10-115-01-1-F for QuikChem FIA+8000), Revision 05
  LG205 (PDF 353Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Chloride and Silica in Lake Water (Lachat Method), Revision 07
  LG206 (PDF 166Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Sampling of Particulate-Phase Organic Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorous in Great Lakes Waters, Revision 03
  LG207 (PDF 377Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for the Analysis of Particulate-Phase Organic Carbon, Revision 03
  LG208 (PDF 367Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Particulate-Phase Total Nitrogen by Alkaline Persulfate Oxidation Digestion (Lachat Method), Revision 03
  LG209 (PDF 348Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Particulate-Phase Total Phosphorous by Persulfate Oxidation Digestion (Lachat Method), Revision 05
  LG210 (PDF 185Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for the Sampling of Particulate-Phase and Dissolved-Phase Organic Carbon in Great Lakes Waters, Revision 01
  LG211 (PDF 296Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Dissolved Organic Carbon, Revision 03
  LG212 (PDF 154Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Nutrient Samples Processing, Revision 01
Chapter 3: Physical Parameters
  Introduction (PDF 127Kb)
  LG300 (PDF 147Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Meteorological Data Aboard the R/V Lake Guardian, Revision 02
  LG301 (PDF 152Kb) Operating the Seabird CTD, Original
  LG302 (PDF 215Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for the Sampling and Analysis of Total Suspended Solids in Lake Water, Revision 04
  LG303 (PDF 219Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Dissolved O2 Correction Factors, Revision 01
  LG304 (PDF 28Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Determination of Dissolved Oxygen in Lake Erie (See Appendix D)
Chapter 4: Biological Parameters
  Introduction (PDF 126Kb)
  LG400 (PDF 164Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Phytoplankton Sample Collection and Preservation Field Procedures, Revision 09
  LG401 (PDF 527Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Phytoplankton Analysis, Revision 03
  LG402 (PDF 173Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Zooplankton Sample Collection and Preservation and Secchi Depth Measurement Field Procedures, Revision 08
  LG403 (PDF 359Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Zooplankton Analysis, Revision 03
  LG404 (PDF 184Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Chlorophyll a Sampling Method Field Procedure, Revision 06
  LG405 (PDF 256Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for In Vitro Determination of Chlorophyll a in Freshwater Phytoplankton by Fluorescence, Revision 06
  LG406 (PDF 178Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Benthic Invertebrate Field Sampling Procedure, Revision 07
  LG407 (PDF 183Kb) Benthic Invertebrate Laboratory Procedure, Revision 04
Chapter 5: Board Chemistry Parameters
  Introduction (PDF 125Kb)
  LG500 (PDF 457Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for GLNPO Board Analyses, Revision 03
  LG501 (PDF 260Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Dissolved Oxygen Micro Method, Winkler Titration, Revision 03
Chapter 6: Nutrients in Sediments
  Introduction (PDF 122Kb)
  LG600 (PDF 289Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Total Phosphorous in Sediments by Persulfate Oxidation Digestion (Lachat Method), Revision 02
  LG601 (PDF 369Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Analysis of Total Organic Carbon in Sediments (Dry Combustion, IR Detection), Revision 02
  LG602 (PDF 377Kb) Standard Operating Procedure for Total Nitrogen in Sediments by Alkaline Persulfate Oxidation Digestion (Lachat Method), Revision 03
Appendices:
  Appendix A (PDF 2.4Mb) Great Lakes Maps of Survey Stations [or A1, A2, A3]
  Appendix B (PDF 1.1Mb) Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for the Great Lakes Water Quality Surveys [or B1, B2]
  Appendix C (PDF 29Kb) Great Lakes Water Quality /Limnology Survey Staffing Schedule
  Appendix D (PDF 517Kb) Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Profiles for the Central Basin of Lake Erie Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
  Appendix E (PDF 197Kb) Survey Plan Submittal Forms
  Appendix F (PDF 17Kb) Self-certification Form
  Appendix G (PDF 39Kb) Medical History Questionnaire
  Appendix H (PDF 1.2Mb) Hard-copy Field Information Recording Forms [or H1, H2]
  Appendix I (PDF 629Kb) Lists of Acceptable GLENDA Codes
  Appendix J (PDF 280Kb) User’s Manual for the Remote Data Entry Tool
  Appendix K (PDF 369Kb) GLENDA Analyte Names and Codes
  Appendix L (PDF 109Kb) Chief Scientist Roles and Responsibilities, and List of Priorities for Each Staffing Period and Chief Scientist and Shift Supervisor List of Responsibilities and Checklist for Each Shift
  Appendix M (PDF 17Kb) Issues and Revisions Sheet
  Appendix N (PDF 47Kb) Data Status Tracking Sheet
  Appendix O (PDF 56Kb) Data Discrepancy Form
  Appendix P (PDF 200Kb) Summary of Sample Depth’s Collected as part of the WQS for all Five Lakes
  Appendix Q (PDF 88Kb) Station Location Change Form
 

 

 

 
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