We Monitor Streams, and
 We Do It Really, Really Well.

STREAMKEEPERS´ QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN (QAPP)

QAPP 2011: Revision of QAPP 2000 - procedures followed since 2007

QAPP 2000: Original QAPP approved by Wa Dept. of Ecology

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:

CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN

EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION & MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES

Flow meter: protocol   data sheet

Turbidimeter:

HF-DRT-15CE: protocol

pre-season: data sheet

post-season: data sheet

annual: data sheet

Hach 2100-P:

seasonal: data sheet

annual: data sheet

pH meter: protocol

data sheets: pre-season    post-season

Barometer: protocol    data sheet

Conductivity meter: protocol    data sheet

Thermometer: protocol    data sheet

YSI multimeter: protocol    DO vs. Winkler data sheet

Hydrolab Quanta: data sheet

(Protocols similar to those above for equivalent sensors)

Benthic macroinvertebrate subsampling and taxonomic procedures

Note: Beginning in 2012, we will switch to sampling, taxonomic, and analytical protocols currently being developed under an EPA Scientific Studies and Technical Investigations Grant, "Enhancement and Standardization of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring and Analysis Tools for the Puget Sound Region" - see http://epa.gov/pugetsound/funding/index.html#science

Classification of Olympic Peninsula Freshwater Invertebrates

Sorting of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Samples

Subsampling and Taxonomic Procedures

Some Notes on the Counting of Worms