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Draft Water Quality Protocols and SOPs These Are Good Examples :

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Draft Water Quality Protocols and SOPs These Are Good Examples :

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    2. Draft Water Quality Protocols and SOPs These Are Good Examples : SFAN: Freshwater Quality Protocol Narrative: Complete (All Issues Well Organized), All QA/QC Issues, Incorporated State Guidance NCPN: Freshwater Water Quality Protocol Narrative and SOPs: QA/QC, Data Analysis, Bias from Changes

    3. Monitoring Plans and early Draft Protocols: Parts with Good Examples (Early) APHN & NETN: Good example of plans that use USGS Protocols NETN: Good Use of ACAD and USGS Monitoring Lessons-Learned USGS Models: Good But Often Need A Bit More on Representativeness Representative of What?

    4. Other Good Examples Minimum Detectable Differences: SFAN, NCPN, GLKN Rivers, NCCN Lakes Put Basics In Central Plan, And The Real Substance Of Details In Protocol Narratives And Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Include a Data Analysis SOP Include a QA/QC SOP For Each Protocol:

    5. WRD Will Post Good Examples by Category Phase I, II, and III Reports (SFAN, GRYN, GLKN) Certain Plan Chapters (SECN, PACN, NCBN, GLKN) Certain Protocol Narratives (SFAN, NCPN, GLKN Rivers) SOPs in General: (SFAN, NCPN)

    6. CODEs (to indicate status of WQ Protocol development) * Protocol Development Summary Completed ** Draft Protocol Completed *** Protocol Completed & WRD Reviewed (includes associated SOPs) ? Not Confirmed Yet But PDS in VS data base (http://www1.nrintra.nps.gov/im/monitor/vsdatabase.cfm)

    7. Who is Doing What? Wadeable Stream Protocols: At Least 25: NCPN***, SFAN***, APHN***, NETN*** GRYN*** (Regulatory Protocol) Others: CUPN**, NETN**, SODN*, NGPN*, GULN**, GLKN*, GRYN*** (other), NCCN**, KLMN*, SIEN* Many Include Benthic Macroinvertebrates (BMIs): ERMN* PACN*, MIDN*, SCPN* MEDN*, UCBN**, NCRN?, NERM?, APHN?, ROMN Integrated* (integrated with many eco-integrity indicators)

    8. Rivers and Non-wadeble Streams: GLKN*** GRYN** HTLN** NCCN** NGPN* SWAN* ERMN* SIEN* ROMN* (Highly integrated, many indicators

    9. Lakes/Ponds/Pools and Vernal Pools GLKN** CAKN** (Permafrost Lakes/Ponds) SWAN* (Large Lakes) NETN** (Lakes/Vernal Pools) SODN* (Desert Tinajas – Overland Flow Fed Small Pools) GRYN* (Lakes/High Alpine Lakes) KLMN*, SIEN* ROMN?

    10. Amphibians MEDN** HTLN** GRYN** NETN** GLKN* SFAN* GRYN* GULN* NCBN?, SIEN?, SECN?

    11. Freshwater Stream Flow (Quantity) SFAN* GRYN* MEDN* MIDN* ROMN* (Highly integrated with other stream-integrity indicators) APHN?, NCRN?, SWAN?

    12. Seeps and Springs HTLN** GRYN* SCPN* SODN* NGPN* MOJN?

    13. Wetlands or Wetlands Habitat HTLN** NETN** ROMN** (Highly integrated with other wetland integrity indicators) SFAN* SODN*, SIEN* NCBN?

    14. Groundwater PACN* NGPN* SODN* ROMN* (includes some wetlands dynamics) NCBN?

    15. Estuaries and/or Marine NCBN*** (Eutrophication Indicators) PACN** SECN* GULN* SFCN* (includes invertebrates) SWAN?

    16. FISH HTLN* SFAN* PACN*, SFCN* (both marine/estuarine) SODN? NCCN (Lake)? CAKR? NCRN?

    17. NUTRIENTS PACN** (includes Marine/Estuarine) SECN*(includes Marine/Estuarine) NCBN* Loading (includes Marine/Estuarine) SFCN* (includes Marine/Estuarine) NCCN?, MEDN?, NCRN?, NETN?,

    18. TOXIC CONTAMINANTS GLKN* SFCN? SEAN? SECN? SODN? MEDN? APHN?

    19. New Credible Sample Size Calculators Now on the Internet Quantitative Ecologist Can Use Them Gerow/Univ. of Wyoming Calculators Based on Zar McBride Bioequivalence Calculators Not Just Aquatic See 2007 Part B Lite For Details

    20. To Be Most Precautionary Use Inequivalence Testing Especially at Small Sample Sizes (<30) Use Null Hypothesis Testing Only At Large Sample Sizes Where at Least 90 to 95% Power is Assured Never Use Equivalence Testing (see Part B lite for details)

    21. Targeted Sites or Probabilistic? Depends on Questions to Be Answered and Target Populations GPRA-Friendly Proportions or %: Optimal to have 30-50 Samples Per Year Per Network or Park Don’t Combine Probabilistic with Too-Small Sample Sizes Cover Full Range of Conditions

    22. How to Get 30-50 Samples/YR (to get credible proportion) One Solution is SECN Approach Probabilistic 30-50 Samples One Park Each Year Move to a Different Park Each Year Supplement with Continuous Monitors at Parks, More Frequent Other Strategies: 2007 Part B Lite

    23. Use Part B lite as basic guidance for Water. Aimed at Protocol and SOP Stage Use an Iterative, Adaptive Planning Process Make Questions More Detailed. Estimate Sample Sizes and Minimum Detectable Differences (MDDs) Run them By the Parks Try It, Change if Needed

    24. Multiprobe (Sonde) Vendors (Recently Evaluated) YSI 6000/600 Series Sondes (Datasonde and Minisonde – MDS 650) Hach-Hydrolab Series 5 Sondes (DS & MS – Surveyor 4) *In-Situ MP Troll 9000/9500 (upgrade) – Rugged Reader** (IPAQ) *Eureka Environmental (Manta Sonde w/Amphibian**) **HP IPAQ based (Amphibian) hand-held field display Easy Calibration routines from laptop (Manta Manager software) or Amphibian Sensor Response Factor (SRF) – early warning of sensor degradation *GSA Contract Contact: Pete Penoyer at WRD with any instrument questions ^ Use of Company name or logo in following slides does not imply endorsement by NPS

    26. Manta Sensors

    27. Newer Technologies Optical DO Sensor Maintains calibration much Longer No membrane to replace More accurate No stirring required Costs should come down w/development, wider use and through competition

    28. Manta Optical DO Sensor

    29. Manual Stream Flow Measurements SonTek Flow Tracker (ADV) (Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter) Greater precision in a hand held instrument used w/conventional top set wading rod (1500 in service over 5 years & have now become industry standard) Waterproof handheld display & keypad w/real-time velocity Significant Labor/Time saver Rarely Requires Calibration (spin test & yearly calibration w/older mechanical meters) Automatic discharge computation (USGS based) & data down loads Works very well in shallow waters and low flows Upgrades – automated QC checks w/SmartQC (cost ~$6500 - $7500 under GSA Contract)

    30. Turbidity (What’s New) No longer a single reported unit (NTU) Reporting Units are now based on sensor type/turbidity instrument design (see USGS - Office of Water Quality Tech Memo 2004.03): Detector geometry (angle) to incident beam (30ş, 90ş, 180ş) Light Wavelength White or Broadband (400-680 nm) Monochrome (780-900 nm) Single or Multiple Illumination Beam Light This combination of various design components in any one detector results in 10 different units (NTU, FNU, NTRU, FNRU, BU, FBU, AU, FAU, NTMU, FNMU) STORET has a drop down menu for selecting the proper Turbidity unit Overlap 30-50 measures for major changes, 7 for small changes *Good example of a Cumulative Bias SOP NCPN (Thoma) to address instrument and/or units and/or staff changes

    31. Information Exchange (Any Volunteers to Lead?) Small Streams, Big Rivers, Lakes and Ponds, Wetlands, Nutrients, BMIs, Amphibians, etc. (From Roy’s Previous Slides) Eva DiDonato (SECN) has Volunteered for Marine/Estuarine, Who Else? Make a “listserv” or use NPS “SharePoint” to edit shared text (like draft protocol text)? Forums already established like this for Quantitative Ecologists, Remote Sensing

    32. Information Exchange Focus Groups, Continued Beyond listserv: Other Tools Are Being Developed by Fort Collins Information Staff Mike Whatley and others at NRPC Information Services Should We Include National Experts From Outside NPS in Some of Our Information Exchange Groups? Invited Experts from EPA, USGS, NOAA, Academia, etc. to help keep us up to date?

    33. WRD Monitoring Program Support Ideas/Options? Two Meetings Coming Up, Should We Have a Strong Vital Signs Presence or Formal Sessions at these? NWQMC National Meeting Next May 08 Should WRD-VS Networks Sponsor a Full Conference Session for NPS VS Networks at this Helpful Meeting? East Coast Location. WRD Aquatic Professional's Meeting Feb 08, Probably in Fort Collins What can WRD do to on Servicewide basis to help All 32 Networks?

    34. WRD Points of Contact Fiscal Management, Technical Assistance, Protocol and SOP Water Quality Review Barry Long (970-225-3519) North Coast and Cascades (NCCN) Appalachian Highlands (APHN) Southwest Alaska (SWAN) Southern Colorado Plateau (SCPN) Gulf Coast (GULN) Sierra Nevada (SIEN) Eastern Rivers and Mountains (ERMN) Mid-Atlantic (MIDN) National Water Quality Meetings 08 Gary Rosenlieb (970-225-3518) Northeast Coastal and Barrier (NCBN) Greater Yellowstone (GRYN) Sonoran Desert (SODN) Cumberland Piedmont (CUPN) National Capital (NCRN) Klamath (KLMN) Mojave (MOJN) Chihuahua Desert (CHDN) Southern Plains (SOPN)

    35. WRD Points of Contact Fiscal Management, Technical Assistance, Monitoring Plans, WQ Protocols and SOPs Roy Irwin (970-225-3520) Heartland (HTLN) San Francisco Bay (SFAN) Mediterranean (MEDN) Pacific Islands (PACN) Great Lakes (GLKN) Southeast Coast (SECN) South Florida Caribbean (SFCN) Northern Great Plains (NGPN) Pete Penoyer (970-225-3535) Central Alaska (CAKN) Northern Colorado Plateau (NCPN) Northeast Temperate (NETN) Rocky Mountain (ROMN) Arctic (ARCN) Upper Columbia Basin (UCBN) Southeast Alaska (SEAN) Dean Tucker (970-225-3516) Data Management

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