Science & Technology
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Using Data From Other Sources
This document includes a checklist for quality concerns when using data from other sources.
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R Script: Compare Taxa Names in Tolerance Value and Assessment Data
Steps on how to identify taxa found in calibration and test data.
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Using R to Estimate Environmental Limits
Script for computing environmental limits using a weighted average in R.
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Basic Analyses
Use of statistical tests to determine if an observation is outside the normal range of expected values. Details of CART, regression analysis, use of quantile regression analysis, CART in causal analysis, simplifying or pruning resulting trees.
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Estimating Taxon-Environment Relationships: Non-Parametric Regressions
This page describes the use of non-parametric regression to estimate species-environment relationships.
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Getting Started with Data Analysis
Getting started with assembling data for an ecological causal analysis includes matching biological and environmental samples in time and space, organizing data along conceptual causal pathways, data quality and quantity requirements,
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Interactive Conceptual Diagrams (ICDs) User Guide
The Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System, or CADDIS, is a website developed to help scientists and engineers in the Regions, States, and Tribes conduct causal assessments in aquatic systems.
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CADLink
CADLink is a database of literature-based evidence - that is, evidence extracted from the scientific literature, typically peer-reviewed publications
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R Script: Chi-Square Tests for Parametric and Non-parametric Models
How to Conduct Chi-Square Tests on Parametric and Non-Parametric Models.
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International and Other Federal Government Environmental Radiation Monitoring Networks
Learn more about international, federal and state monitoring networks.
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OSR-10. National Contingency Plan Product Bulletin
Technical product bulletin: this surface washing agent used in spill cleanups separates the oil from the physical surface, which includes shorelines, rocks, and beaches, to allow it to be sprayed off with a water rinse.
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PETRO-CLEAN. National Contingency Plan Product Bulletin
Technical product bulletin: this surface washing agent used in oil spill cleanups on rocks, shorelines, sea walls, bridges, and highways. It is effective when applied through power washers or garden type sprayers in light dilution.
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OPPENHEIMER FORMULA. National Contingency Plan Product Bulletin
Technical product bulletin: this biological additive is a bioremediation agent in oil spill cleanups. Especially valuable in grass flats, marshes, and the open sea. Also effective in fresh water, municipal waste treatment, septic tanks and grease traps.
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OIL SPILL EATER II. National Contingency Plan Product Bulletin
Technical product bulletin: this bioremediation agent (biological enzyme additive) used in hydrocarbon cleanups can be applied by spray or eductor systems. Once it attaches to hydrocarbons, they can no longer attach to shorelines, rocks, or equipment.
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OIL BOND®. National Contingency Plan Product Bulletin
Technical product bulletin: this miscellaneous oil spill control agent is a solidifier used in cleanups. It absorbs and solidifies hydrocarbon spills on freshwater and saltwater or land applications. Ring spill with booms or pillows before treatment.
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NORSOREX® APX. National Contingency Plan Product Bulletin
Technical product bulletin: this miscellaneous oil spill control agent is a solidifier used in cleanups. A hydrophobic polymer with high affinity for hydrocarbons, it can be used in free powder or pad form. Forms a gel of the oil, then a rubber-like mass
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NONTOX™ SURFACE WASHING AGENT. National Contingency Plan Product Bulletin
Technical product bulletin: this surface washing agent is suitable for use in oil cleanups on sand beaches, gravel, cobble, and coarse sand and rocky shores.
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NEOS AB3000. National Contingency Plan Product Bulletin
Technical product bulletin: this hydrocarbon solvent based dispersant used in oil spill cleanups can be sprayed neat on the oil slick in atomized form. Effective with crude and residual heavy oil, and also at controlling volatile emissions.
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U.S. EPA: Tribal Science Webinar Series: Collaborating with American Indian and Hawaiian Native Partners in Air Pollution Monitoring Research
Collaborating with American Indian and Hawaiian Native partners in Air Pollution Monitoring Research
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Assessment Tools for Biotechnology Products Request For Application (RFA) and Informational Webinar for Potential Applicants
Informational webinar for new RFA Assessment Tools for Biotechnology Products