Water Quality & Aquatic Ecosystems
Aquatic Ecosystems -- Regional Workshops/Bioassessment Programs: Pilot Studies Results
The EPA's Global adaptation staff held four regional workshops to present the results of our pilot studies to state biologists and EPA Regional scientists. We are providing these materials for the participants and anyone else who might find them of interest. The workshops themselves focused on:- Results from pilot study analyses using state biomonitoring data on benthic macroinvertebrates in rivers and streams;
- Other related studies on climate change effects on aquatic ecosystems underway in each region;
- Plans for next steps; and
- Gaps in our knowledge and approaches to fill them.
Agendas and presentations are available for each workshop.
- Agenda - Northeast Climate Change & Bioassessment Workshop (PDF) (4pp, 17K, about PDF)
- New England (PDF) (85pp, 4.88MB)
- US EPA New England Climate Change Adaptation Activities (PDF) (8pp, 183K)
- Puget Lowland Streams Sentinel Sites Project (PDF) (18pp, 3.18MB)
- Considerations for a Climate Change Monitoring Network in Rivers and Streams (PDF) (30pp, 1.61MB)
- Wrap-Up Discussion (PDF) (15pp, 230K)
- Agenda - Southwest Climate Change & Bioassessment Workshop (PDF) (4pp, 54KB, about PDF)
- Western Climate Change Workshop,October 13-14, 2010 USEPA – Region 8 Office, Denver, CO (PDF) (9pp, 271K)
- Predicting effects of climate change on stream ecosystems in the conterminous United States: results from a pilot study in California (PDF) (48pp, 1.89MB)
- Freshwater Biological Traits Database (PDF) (35pp, 1.07MB)
- Considerations for a Climate Change Monitoring Network in Rivers and Streams (PDF) (29pp, 1.85MB)
- Developing linkages between species traits and multiscaled environmental variation to explore vulnerability of stream benthic communities to climate change (PDF) (29pp, 2.73MB)
- Puget Lowland Streams Sentinel Sites Project (PDF) (18pp, 3.18MB)
- A Sentinel Monitoring Network For Detecting The Hydrologic Effects of Climate Change on Sierra Nevada Headwater Stream Ecosystems and Biological IndicatorsA IndicatorsA Sentinel Monitoring Network For Detecting The Hydrologic Effects of Climate Change on Sierra Nevada Headwater Stream Ecosystems and Biological IndicatorsA (PDF) (26pp, 3.40MB)
- Agenda - Midwest Climate Change & Bioassessment Workshop (PDF) (4pp, 20KB, about PDF)
- Freshwater Biological Traits Database (PDF) (35pp, 1.07MB)
- Indicators – Results from Other Regions (PDF) (28pp, 1.39MB)
- Midwest Gaps (PDF) (15pp, 291K)
- Midwest Climate Change Workshop (PDF) (8pp, 261K)
- Considerations for a Climate Change Monitoring Network in Rivers and Streams (PDF) (29pp, 1.76MB)
- Interactive discussion Reference sites – selection criteria (PDF) (19pp, 741K)
- Puget Lowland Streams Sentinel Sites Project (PDF) (18pp, 3.18MB)
- Some ongoing climate-change work at the Wisconsin Science Center (PDF) (13pp, 1.74MB)
- Agenda - Southeast Climate Change & Bioassessment Workshop (PDF) (4pp, 19KB, about PDF)
- Southeast Climate Change Workshop December 15-16, 2010 US EPA Headquarters, Washington D.C. (PDF) (8pp, 266K)
- Vulnerabilities of stream and river ecosystems in the context of climate change (PDF) (37pp, 1014K)
- MD DNR’s Sentinel Site Network (PDF) (24pp, 2.91MB)
- Freshwater Biological Traits Database (PDF) (35pp, 1.07MB)
- Processes for the Technical Review of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Monitoring Program Objectictive and Priorities and Design of an Integrated Monitoring Plan (PDF) (39pp, 1.45MB)
- Data gaps that we see thus far (PDF) (19pp, 374K)
- Estimating Resilience to Climate Change for Places and Habitats (PDF) (64pp, 5.43MB)
- Building a Collaborative Network of Reference Sites Across the Nation, NWQMC Meeting, July 14, 2010 (PDF) (18pp, 993K)
- Considerations for a Climate Change Monitoring Network in Rivers and Streams (PDF) (32pp, 2.88MB)