Kansas DHE: HBMP Invert Multihabitat:  Semi-quantitative, multiple habitat invertebrate sample collection based on Kansas Dept of Health and Environment (KDHE) protocols

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Official Method Name
 Macroinvertebrate Sampling Protocols for the Hydrobiological Monitoring Program, Wichita, Kansas (USGS OFR 2012-1055)
Current Revision
2012
Media
 WATER  (Waterbody type - Wadeable stream)
Instrumentation
 Invertebrate Net (w/ handle)
Method Subcategory
 Population/Community
Method Source
  Kansas DHE
Citation
  Protocols for collection of streamflow, water-quality, streambed-sediment, periphyton, macroinvertebrate, fish, and habitat data to describe stream quality for the Hydrobiological Monitoring Program, Equus Beds Aquifer Storage and Recovery Program, city of Wichita, Kansas
Protocol
 HBMP 2012 Multihabitat Invert - Macroinvertebrate Sampling Protocols for the Hydrobiological Monitoring Program, Wichita, Kansas (USGS OFR 2012-1055)
Brief Method Summary
 Macroinvertebrates have been used extensively in water-quality monitoring (Cairns and Pratt, 1993; Merritt and others, 2008). Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages have several advantages for evaluating stream quality; they are good indicators of localized conditions, they integrate the effects of short-term environmental variations, they are made up of species that constitute a broad range of trophic levels and pollution tolerances, and sampling them is relatively easy and inexpensive (Barbour and others, 1999). The objective of this section is to provide a description of the methodology used for collecting a representative sample of the macroinvertebrate community. Macroinvertebrate sampling protocols vary among state agencies and across other federal agencies. Many protocols are designed for screening-level assessments and tend to be qualitative, such as those outlined in the USEPA RBP (Barbour and others, 1999). These protocols will use the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s (KDHE) qualitative macroinvertebrate protocols for assessing biological quality of streams and rivers (Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 2000), which have been used for stream evaluations in water-quality monitoring studies within the state (Poulton and others, 2007; Rasmussen and others, 2009; Graham and others, 2010).
Scope and Application
 These protocols will use the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s (KDHE) qualitative macroinvertebrate protocols for assessing biological quality of streams and rivers (Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 2000), which have been used for stream evaluations in water-quality monitoring studies within the state (Poulton and others, 2007; Rasmussen and others, 2009; Graham and others, 2010).
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Relative Cost
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