stream biological monitoring
Keys to site summary and visit report
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stream biological monitoring Keys to site summary and visit report |
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Site details | |
| project | Ecology's stream biological monitoring effort encompasses multiple projects including Ambient, EMAP, and REMAP. Currently, only the Ambient sites have on-line site summaries and visit report. |
| latitude | Angular distance on the earth's surface, measured north of the equator in decimal degrees. (Datum: NAD 27) |
| longitude | Angular distance on the earth's surface, measured west from the prime meridian at Greenwich, England in decimal degrees. (Datum: NAD 27) |
| elevation | Vertical height in feet from a geoid representing mean sea level |
| stream order | A hierarchical classification defined by Strahler (1952, 1964); Headwater streams are first order. Stream order increases as tributaries coalesce. |
| ecoregion | Ecoregions are geographical areas with similar land-surface form, potential natural vegetation, land use, and soil classifications. See Major ecoregions of Washington state. |
| county | Counties are governmental subdivisions to Washington state. |
| land use | Dominant land-use surrounding or upstream to the monitoring site. |
| reference site | Stream reaches that are either in a minimally or least disturbed condition for the region. |
| map link | TopoZone.com® is a commercial web site that provides on-line topographic maps. We do not endorse the site and have no control over its content; we only provide the link for your convenience. |
Years when sampling has occurred |
| For the ambient project, monitoring visits to a site occur only once in any year. This table shows which years the site had a monitoring visit. | |
Site comment | |
| The site comment may include notes on why a site was selected and special site conditions that may affect bioassessment. Notes may be numbered for clarity. | |
WRIA map | |
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Water Resource Inventory Area. Washington has been divided into 62 major watersheds and sub-watersheds. These divisions are often used at the state level to organize watershed-monitoring and -management activities. The current site is outlined with a red box. Click on other Ambient-project sites switch sites. Sites from other projects are also shown. Map options are described as follows: | |
| X1.33 | Increase map size by 33%. Check this option to improve map legibility. Can increase download time to receive the map image. |
| relief | Check this option to show shading representing land relief. Can increase download time to receive the map image. |
| WRIA | Select another WRIA from the drop-down list to switch to another WRIA. |
| state map | Click on "state map" to view a state map and to select an ambient site outside the current WRIA. |