Volunteer Monitoring

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• Volunteer Estuary Monitoring: A Methods Manual - Second Edition (PDF) (396 pp, 7.1MB)

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Chapters 1- 8

               

• Front Material: Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, and Executive Summary (PDF) (15 pp, 1MB)
• Chapter 1: About the Manual, including its purpose, how it is organized, and how it can be used (PDF) (7 pp, 205K)
• Chapter 2: Overview, covering the science, the problems, and the solution (PDF) (17 pp, 957K)
• Chapter 3: Planning and Maintaining a Volunteer Estuary Monitoring Program (PDF) (19 pp, 206K)
• Chapter 4: Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Volunteers (PDF) (17 pp, 275K)
• Chapter 5: Quality Assurance Project Planning (PDF) (27 pp, 258K)
• Chapter 6: Sampling Considerations (PDF) (11 pp, 148K)
• Chapter 7: In the Field (PDF) (23 pp, 346K)
• Chapter 8: Data Management, Interpretation, and Presentation (PDF) (23 pp, 343K)

Unit 1 Chemical Measures

• Chapter 9: Dissolved Oxygen and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (PDF) (19 pp, 295K)
• Chapter 10: Nutrients - Nitrogen and Phosphorus (PDF) (17 pp, 608K)
• Chapter 11: pH and Alkalinity (PDF) (13 pp, 176K)
• Chapter 12: Contaminants and Toxic Chemicals, Heavy Metals, Pesticides, PCBs, and PAHs (PDF) (15 pp, 406K)

Unit 2 Physical Measures

• Chapter 13: Temperature (PDF) (9 pp, 134K)
• Chapter 14: Salinity (PDF) (11 pp, 372K)
• Chapter 15: Turbidity and Total Solids (PDF) (15 pp, 268K)
• Chapter 16: Marine Debris (PDF) (17 pp, 363K)

Unit 3 Biological Measures

• Chapter 17: Bacteria Indicators of Potential Pathogens (PDF) (25 pp, 539K)
• Chapter 18: Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (PDF) (19 pp, 440K)
• Chapter 19: Other Living Organisms, Macroinvertebrates, Phytoplankton and Non-indigenous Species (PDF) (27 pp, 479K)

Appendices

• Appendix A: Sample Data Forms; Appendix B: Resources; and Appendix C: Equipment Suppliers (PDF) (48 pp, 1.7MB)
• Back Material including Glossary and Index (PDF) (25 pp, 242K)