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Office of Water Online Reference Library
  Title EPA Number
(if assigned)
Policy Development of Biological Criteria for Coral Reef Ecosystem Assessment  
Technical Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters: Bioassessment and Biocriteria Guidance (PDF) (300 pages, 11.6 Mb; 2000) EPA 822-B-00-024
Technical Lake and Resevoir Bioassessment and Biocriteria: Technical Guidance Document (1998) EPA 841-B-99-002
Policy National Program Guidance for Surface Waters (1990)  
Policy Review of the Draft Guidance for Lakes and Resevoir Bioassessment and Biocriteria (PDF) (15 pages, 167 K; 1997) EPA-SAB-EPEC-LTR-97-007
Technical Revison to Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Rivers and Streams (1999) EPA 841-B-99-002
Technical Stressor Identificaton Guidance Manual (2000) EPA 822-B-00-025
Policy Summary of State Biological Assessment Programs for Rivers and Streams (1996) EPA 230-R-96-007
Technical Technical Guidance for Streams and Small Rivers (1996)  
Technical Technical Guidance for Survey Design and Statistical Evaluation of Biosurvey Data (1997) EPA 822-B-97-002

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