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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wadeable Streams Assessment: A Collaborative Survey of the Nation's Streams
| Information about the Report | |
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| Title | Wadeable Streams Assessment: A Collaborative Survey of the Nation's Streams |
| Description | This report, conducted by the U.S. EPA with help from state governments, was written to establish a national baseline to compare future results of stream health. |
| Organization | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Year | 2006 |
| URL | http://www.epa.gov/owow/streamsurvey/index.html |
| Level of Technical Detail | Medium |
| Direct Access to Data | No |
| Direct Access to Metadata | Yes |
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| Link to Organization | http://water.epa.gov/ |
| Contact Information | ost.comments@epa.gov |
| Environmental Indicator Scale | National, Regional |
| Additional Information | Interpreting and Using Indicators, Policy Recommendations |
| Information about the indicators in the report | ||
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| Environmental Category in the Report | Indicator in the Report | EPA Web Taxonomy |
| Chemical Stressors | Acidification | Water:Surface Water Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Chemical Stressors | Salinity | Water:Surface Water Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Chemical Stressors | Total nitrogen concentrations | Water:Surface Water Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Chemical Stressors | Total phosphorous concentrations | Water:Surface Water Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Macroinvetertebrate Index of Biotic Condition | Feeding groups | Species Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring |
| Macroinvetertebrate Index of Biotic Condition | Habits | Species Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring |
| Macroinvetertebrate Index of Biotic Condition | Macroinvertebrate observed/expected ratio of taxa | Species Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring |
| Macroinvetertebrate Index of Biotic Condition | Pollution tolerance | Species Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring |
| Macroinvetertebrate Index of Biotic Condition | Taxonomic composition | Species Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring |
| Macroinvetertebrate Index of Biotic Condition | Taxonomic diversity | Species Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring |
| Macroinvetertebrate Index of Biotic Condition | Taxonomic richness | Species Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring |
| Physical Habitat Stressors | In-stream fish habitat | Water:Surface Water |
| Physical Habitat Stressors | Riparian disturbance | Water:Surface Water |
| Physical Habitat Stressors | Riparian vegetative cover | Water:Surface Water |
| Physical Habitat Stressors | Streambed sediments | Water:Surface Water Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants:Sediments:Contaminated Sediments |