Survey Design 2

Session 35 (Special)
Wednesday, June 9, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM, IRC4
Moderator: B. Hughes

10:15 (231) Design and indicator considerations for a probabilistic survey of U.S.A. great rivers: Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio.
B.H. Hill¹, D.W. Bolgrien¹, T.R. Angradi², and E.W. Schweiger². ¹U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Duluth, MN, USA 55804, ²U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Denver, CO, USA 80202

10:30 (232) The applicability of EMAP’s Western Pilot to state and regional questions of fish assemblage structure.
G.A. Lomnicky¹, R.M. Hughes¹, T.R. Whittier¹, and D.V. Peck². ¹Dynamac, Inc. 200 SW 35th St. Corvallis, OR 97333, ²Western Ecology Division, NHEERL, ORD, US Environmental Protection Agency, 200 SW 35th St., Corvallis, OR, 97333

10:45 (233) National stream survey of Sweden 1995 and 2000 – a stratified random sampling of benthic macroinvertebrates.
L Sandin. Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

11:00 (234) Merging intelligence and probability based approaches in site selection for the Fraser River RCA study design.
T.B. Reynoldson¹ and S.A. Sylvestre². ¹Environment Canada, National Water Research Institute at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, ²Environment Canada, Pacific and Yukon Region, Vancouver, British Columbia

11:15 (235) Developing indicators for use in probabilistic survey designs in Great Lakes coastal ecosystems.
C. Richards¹, N. Danz², L.B. Johnson², T.P. Hollenhorst², V.J. Brady², D.H. Brenneman², J.J.H. Ciborowski³, and T.R. Hrabik⁴. ¹Sea Grant College Program, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, USA, 55812, ²Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, USA 55811, ³Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, CANADA, N9B 3P4, ⁴Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, USA, 55812

11:30 (236) Selecting least-disturbed survey sites for Great Plains streams and rivers.
T.R. Whittier¹ and J.L. Stoddard². ¹Dynamac, Inc., Corvallis, Oregon, USA 97333, ²U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, Oregon, USA 97333

11:45 (237) Effect of sampling differing habitat types in regional macroinvertebrate bioassessment surveys.
A.T. Herlihy and W.J. Gerth. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97339