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Surface Water Quality Monitoring Procedures, Volume 2: Methods for Collecting and Analyzing Biological Assemblage and Habitat Data

Procedures for TCEQ staff and other monitoring personnel who collect data on surface water quality in Texas.

Each chapter in the manual is listed separately. The following links are to PDF files. (Help with PDF.)

Full document (9M)
Cover and Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Biological Monitoring Requirements
Chapter 3: Freshwater Fish
Chapter 4: Saltwater Nekton
Chapter 5: Freshwater Benthic Macroinvertebrates
Chapter 6: Saltwater Benthic Macroinvertebrates
Chapter 7: Benthic Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes
Chapter 8: Plankton
Chapter 9: Physical Habitat of Aquatic Systems
Chapter 10: Biological Assessment Reporting Requirements and Data Management
Chapter 11: Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Appendix A: Equipment and Materials
Appendix B: Reference Materials and Criteria for Biological Assessments
Appendix C: Forms for Biological-Monitoring Packets
Appendix D: Biological Fact Sheets
Appendix E: Glossary
Appendix F: Surber Sampler Protocols
Appendix G: Abbreviations
Appendix H: Laboratory Bench Sheets
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