States and Tribes Embrace Bioassessment and Biocriteria for Protecting Streams and Small Rivers

EPA Number:	822F03005
Date of Publication:	June, 2003
Pages:	6
Audience	concerned citizens, industry, Regulated Community, Scientific Community, State and local government, teachers, Teachers or Educators, Other
	Publication Comments

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	WEB	http://www.epa.gov/bioindicators/pdf/bioassessment_programs_brochure_2003.pdf

Biological Assessments and criteria give the programs a tool for directly determining the health of their aquatic life resources, for improving aquatic life designated uses, and for setting biocriteria to protect those uses. More...

Keywords:
Water Pollution Monitoring
Bioassay
Streams
Rivers
aquatic Habitats
Biocriteria
Aquatic Ecosystems
Environmental Monitoring
Biological Criteria
States
Tribes