Bioassessment: Multimetric Development

Session 17 (Contributed)
Thursday, May 30, 3:15 PM-5:00 PM, Allegheny II
Moderator: Bressler, D.W.

3:15 (111) A DRAFT INDEX USING BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES TO ASSESS BIOTIC INTEGRITY IN THE OHIO RIVER.
J.M. Applegate¹, P.C. Baumann², and E.B. Emery³. ¹The Ohio State University, School of Natural Resources, Columbus, Ohio 43210, ²United States Geological Survey, Columbus, Ohio 43210, ³Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, Cincinnati, Ohio 45228

3:30 (112) ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH "BEST-VALUE" REFERENCE CRITERIA IN MONTANA'S RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS.
B.D. Marshall and B.L. Kerans. Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717

3:45 (113) BIOASSESSMENT OF RUNNING WATERS: AQEM, STAR AND THE EUROPEAN UNION WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE.
L. Sandin. Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE- 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

4:00 (114) ASSESSING THE ECOLOGICAL QUALITY OF SWEDISH STREAMS USING A MULTIMETRIC MACROINVERTEBRATE INDEX.
J. Dahl, L. Sandin, and R.K. Johnson. Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

4:15 (115) THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MACRO-INVERTEBRATE BASED MULTIMETRIC INDEX FOR MONITORING THE ECOLOGICAL STATUS OF RUNNING WATERS IN AUSTRIA.
T. Ofenboeck¹, O. Moog¹, J. Gerritsen², and M.T. Barbour². ¹Department of Hydrobiology, BOKU University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna, A 1180 Vienna, Austria, ²Tetra Tech Inc., Owing Mills, Maryland 21117, USA

4:30 (116) ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES AS INDICATORS OF STREAM QUALITY; HOW UNIQUE ARE THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS?
A.M.D. Brasher, R.H. Wolff, and C.D. Luton. U.S. Geological Survey, 677 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 415, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

4:45 (117) DEVELOPING TOLERANCE VALUES FOR BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES IN MISSISSIPPI.
D. Bressler¹, M.J. Paul¹, J.B. Stribling¹, and M.B. Hicks². ¹Tetra Tech, Inc., 10045 Red Run Boulevard, Suite 110, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117, ²Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality