Citizen Monitoring Shadow Study: Report of Results and Findings
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Resource ID
8365
Resource Type
Document
UGS Program
Wetlands
Title
Citizen Monitoring Shadow Study: Report of Results and Findings
Author
Brian Nicholson
Date
June 30 2004
Country
USA
Published For/Client
For EPA Region VIII
Keywords
Citizen, Monitoring, assessment, wetland, EPA, invertebrate, water quality, core element, UDWR, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Document Type
Report
Original Filename
WTLND0057.pdf
Geotechnical Database
Not Included
Abstract / Description
The Utah Department of Natural Resources with the assistance of the National Aquatic
Monitoring Center (Buglab) has embarked on a project to develop a bioassessment tool for
wetlands in Utah. With this tool, macroinvertebrate data can be used to assess the condition of a
wetland site based on community richness and diversity. As part of this Shadow Study, Wetland
Partners engaged 4 volunteers in macroinvertebrate sampling and identification in order to
compare their abilities with “professional†technicians conducting the same protocol. In addition
we contracted a paid wetland consultant to conduct the same sampling and identification
protocol. In this situation the question being asked is how capable are citizen monitors at
collecting macroinvertebrate samples and identifying them to family-level for use in a
bioassessment tool.
Marker lat / long: 38, -97 (WGS84)