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Bioassessment Comparability

The Methods Board Advisory Group provides technical expertise on the following EPA projects:

   Published Articles:

  • Performance of different bioassessment methods: comparable evaluations of biotic integrity from contrasting procedures (Herbst & Silldorff)
  • Electrofishing in boatable waters: does sampling design affect bioassessment metrics (Flotemersch and Blocksom, 2005)
  • A method for measuring the comparability of different sampling methods used in biological surveys: implications for data integration & synthesis (Cao, Hawkins, and Story, 2005)
  • Comparison of macroinvertebrate sampling methods for nonwadeable streams (Blocksom and Flotemersch, 2005)
  • Development and testing of biomonitoring tools for macroinvertebrates in Florida Streams (Fore, 2004)
  • Measuring and controlling data quality in biological assemblage surveys with special reference to stream benthic macroinvertebrates (Cao, Hawkins, and Vinson, 2003)
  • Effects of sampling error on bioassessments of stream ecosystems: application to RIVPACS-type models (Ostermiller & Hawkins, 2003)
  • Determining the quality of taxonomic data (Stribling, Moulton, and Lester, 2003)
  • The Ohio EPA Bioassessment Comparability Project: a prelinimary assessment (Ohio EPA, 1996)