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This is the entire document. It is a large PDF file and is broken into sections in the Contents section below.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Watershed Assessment Branch sampling activities.
Chapter 2: Instructions for assessing the stream site (including setting up the site, site documentation, and guidelines for completed the stream assessment forms).
Chapter 3: Water Collection Protocols.
Chapter 4: Stream flow measurement protocols.
Chapter 5: Benthic macroinvertebrate collection protocols.
Chapter 6: Fish collection protocols.
Chapters 7: Periphyton collection protocols. Chapter 8: Filamentous algae monitoring. Chapter 9: Golden algae collection protocols.
Chapter 10: Relative bed stability/substrate characterization protocols (including gradient).
Chapter 11: Ambient water quality network protocols.
Chapter 12: Lake sampling protocol.
Chapter 13: Continuous water quality monitoring procedures.
Chapter 14: Mischellaneous sampling (field blanks and duplicates).
Chapter 15: Field equipment checklist.
Chapter 16: Quick reference guide.
Water quality parameter suites: take water quality sonde readings at every site.
Chapter 17: Aquatic nuisance species (ANS) and disease control protocols.
WV DEP WAB benthic macroinvertebrate lab sheet.
WV DEP WAB benthic macroinvertebrate lab sheet and supplemental chronomic form.
Filamentous algae monitoring form.
Full sonde calibration log sheet.
General water quality sampling form.
Wadeable benthic macroinvertebrates form.
Total maximum daily load final visit form.
Flow measurements form.
Bank erodibility factors form.
Relative bed stability (pebble count) form.
Fish collection form.
Deployable sonde form; stream verification.
Golden algae sampling form.
Lake benthos sampling form.
Lake habitat assessment form.
Lake water quality assessment form.
Non-wadeable main form.
Non-wadeable transect channel characterization form.
Benthic sample label for inside of jar.
Benthic sample label for outside of jar.
WV DEP Watershed Assessment periphyton sample label.
Assessment and reporting of our State's stream water quality is performed by the Watershed Assessment Branch of the DEP. Teams of biologists and environmental specialists measure water quality and habitat information on-site; collect waters samples for laboratory analysis; and collect benthic macroinvertebrate and fish from streams and lakes throughout the state.