EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SAMPLE SIZE ON INVERTEBRATE BIOMONITORING METRICS IN AN AGRICULTURALLY IMPACTED WATERSHED IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
K.D. Alexander and D.H. Dorey. Math/Science Division, Wayne State College, 1111 Main Street, Wayne, Nebraska 68787

A COMPARISON OF SAMPLING METHODS AND SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION FOR MACROINVERTEBRATES IN CRICKET CREEK, MARYLAND.
L.C. Alexander, W.O. Lamp, and S. Mantel. Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park MD, 20742, USA

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDEX OF BENTHOS INTEGRITY USING MACROINVERTEBRATES FOR NEW JERSEY LAKES AND RESERVOIRS.
K.A. Blocksom¹, J.P. Kurtenbach², D.J. Klemm³, F.A. Fulk³, and S.M. Cormier³. ¹SoBran, Inc. Environmental, c/o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268, ²USEPA, Region II, Division of Environmental Science and Assessment, 2890 Woodbridge Ave, Edison, NJ 08837, ³USEPA, NERL, EERD, Ecosystems Research Branch, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

DEVELOPMENT OF FISH BIOCRITERIA FOR THE WESTERN PLAINS CORN BELT ECOREGION.
R.W. Bouchard and D.G. Huggins. Central Plains Center for Bioassessment, Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047

MACROINVERTEBRATE BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS OF STREAMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY HIGH SCHOOL MINORITY STUDENTS.
D.K. Canada¹, R.D. Maree¹, S.E. Ayers¹, S.A. Blake¹, M.R. Borders¹, W.R. Borders¹, D.M. Daniels-Hester¹, C.L. Glover¹, D.R. House¹, D.B. Mackey¹, K.M. Scott¹, A.N. Ulmer¹, L.B. Glover¹, and J.B. Glover². ¹Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, 3000 South Beltline Blvd., Columbia, SC, 29201, ²South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 2600 Bull St., Columbia, SC, 29201

A SURVEY OF METHODS USED FOR PROCESSING LOTIC BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE SAMPLES USED FOR BIOASSESSMENTS.
J.L. Carter¹ and V.H. Resh². ¹U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS465, Menlo Park, CA 94025, ²UC Berkeley, 201 Wellman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720

BUILDING A BETTER MOUSETRAP: HOW TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION AND SAMPLING METHOD AFFECT RIVPACS-TYPE MODELS IN THE UNITED STATES.
V.B. DeWaard, C.P. Hawkins, and J.D. Ostermiller. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5210

CONGRUENCE OF ILLINOIS RIVERWATCH (VOLUNTEER) AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATE DATA WITH THAT OF PROFESSIONALLY COLLECTED DATA.
R.E. DeWalt. Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Div. Natural History Survey

THE EFFECTS OF SAMPLE PROCESSING INTENSITY ON INTERPRETING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MACROINVERTEBRATE METRICS AND URBANIZATION.
S.V. Fend and J.L. Carter. U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. M/S 465, Menlo Park, CA 94025

PREDICTING THE EFFECT OF HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE OCCURRENCES OF MACROINVERTEBRATE SPECIES IN STREAMS.
J.J.P. Gardeniers and E.T.H.M. Peeters. Aquatic Ecology & Water Quality Management Group, Dept of Environm Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8080, 6700 DD Wageningen, The Netherlands

QUALITY-CONTROL OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATIONS: A TAXON-BASED APPROACH.
S.A. Grotheer¹, S.R. Moulton¹, J.L. Carter², T.F. Cuffney³, and T.M. Short⁴. ¹U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Quality Laboratory, P.O. Box 25046, MS 407, Denver, CO, 80225, ²USGS, 345 Middlefield Rd., MS 465, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, ³USGS, 3916 Sunset Ridge Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, ⁴USGS, 345 Middlefield Rd., MS 470, Menlo Park, CA, 94025

RESPONSE OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY METRICS IN TWO ECOREGIONS AND AT THREE LEVELS OF TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION.
G.W. Gustina¹, T.P. Boyle², and B.C. Kondratieff³. ¹Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 80523, ²USGS Biological Resources Division, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 80525, ³Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 80523

AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR SAMPLING SMALL BENTHIC FISH IN A LARGE REGULATED RIVER.
J.M. Howard and J.B. Layzer. U. S. Geological Survey, BRD, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EPT INDEX FOR ASSESSING FINE SEDIMENTS IN WADEABLE STREAMS.
R. Hoy. Environmental Sciences and Resources, Portland State University, Portland, OR. 97207 USA

REFERENCE CONDITIONS FOR A RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOL II BENTHIC INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY FOR THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT.
R. Jones, A. Via-Norton, and A. Maher. Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA 22030

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A MACROINVERTEBRATE BENTHOS INTEGRITY INDEX (SBII) FOR BIOASSESSMENT OF STREAMS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS REGION.
D.J. Klemm¹, K.A. Blocksom², W.T. Thoeny², F.A. Fulk¹, A.T. Herlihy³, P.R. Kaufmann³, and S.M. Cormier¹. ¹U.S. EPA, NERL, EERD, Ecosystems Research Branch, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268., ²SoBran, Inc., c/o U.S. EPA, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, ³Oregon State University, c/o U.S. EPA, Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, Oregon 97333

STREAM ASSESSMENTS: A COMPARISON OF MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES IN RIFFLE AND POOL HABITATS.
D.G. Mochan¹, D.L. Drake¹, and Y. Pan². ¹Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Laboratory Division, Biomonitoring Section, 1712 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97201, ²Environmental Sciences and Resources, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207

TUNING THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S BENTHIC RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOL TO AN URBAN KEY.
A.P. Polonsky and M.A. Dudley. Denver Department of Environmental Health, 1391 Speer Blvd, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204

A SURVEY OF METHODS USED FOR COLLECTING LOTIC BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES FOR BIOASSESSMENTS.
V.H. Resh¹ and J.L. Carter². ¹UC Berkeley, 210 Wellman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, ²U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS465, Menlo Park, CA 94025

COMPARISON OF RAPID BIOASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE METHODS IN ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENT.
J.R. Schiller and S.W. Hamilton. Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044

MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND CORBICULA FLUMINEA GROWTH AS BIOINDICATORS OF WATERSHED HEALTH IN THE UPPER TRINITY RIVER BASIN, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
J.M. Stephenson, J.D. Csekitz, J.H. Kennedy, and W.T. Waller. Department of Biology, University of North Texas, Texas, U.S.A. 76203

BIOASSESSMENT OF DISTURBED PRAIRIE STREAMS: PROBLEMS WITH TRADITIONAL FISH AND AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE METRICS.
M.R. Whiles, D.M. Stagliano, and R.E. Charlton. Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4004

CHARACTERIZING MACROINVERTEBRATE AND FISH COMMUNITIES IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE USING A HABITAT BASED APPROACH.
R.E. Zuellig and B.C. Kondratieff. Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177