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Parameter
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Waterbody Type
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Program
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Protocol
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Measurement Method
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Frequency
|
Seasonality
|
Sampling Location
|
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Light Transmission (% at 3 ft depth)
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Lakes
|
IDNR LARE
IN Clean Lakes Program
|
Clean Lakes Program Methods
|
Beckman EV3 Enviroeye light meter
|
Once every 5 years (basin rotation schedule)
|
Measured in July-August
|
Over deepest basin (samples taken at 3 feet depth)
|
|
IDEM Assessment Branch
|
IDEM Assessment Branch Methods
|
Licor spherical quantum sensor
|
Dependent on the monitoring program
|
Dependent on the monitoring program
|
|
|
Total Dissolved Solids
|
Streams
|
IDNR Fisheries
|
IDNR Fisheries Methods
|
Hach™ kit or onsite probe
|
Once per stream survey station
|
After July 1 (if avg depth <4feet), after mid-Sept (avg depth >4ft)
|
At either the up- or downstream end of each station
|
|
USFWS
|
USFWS Methods
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lakes
|
IDNR Fisheries
|
IDNR Fisheries Methods
|
Hach™ Kit or onsite probe
|
Once per survey
|
May-September
|
Over the deepest basin (surface and lake bottom measurement or every 2 ft to bottom)
|
|
Total Suspended
Solids (TSS)
|
Streams
|
IDNR LARE
IDEM Assessment Branch
|
IDEM Assessment Branch Methods
|
Sample bottle and sample collection device
|
Dependent on the monitoring program
|
Dependent on the monitoring program
|
|
|
USFWS
|
USFWS Methods
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lakes
|
IN Clean Lakes Program
|
Clean Lakes Program Methods
|
Kemmerer sampler
|
Once every 5 years (basin rotation schedule)
|
Measured in July-August
|
Over deepest basin
|
|
Turbidity/
Transparency/ Secchi Depth
(NTUs and secchi depth measurements)
|
Streams
|
IDEM Hoosier Riverwatch
|
Riverwatch Methods
|
Transparency tube
|
Minimum of 4 times per year for 2 years
|
April-October
|
|
|
USGS NAWQA Surface Water Monitoring Program
|
USGS NAWQA Methods
|
Electronic turbidimeter
|
3-4 samples/month (May-Aug), monthly (Sept-Apr)
|
Year round
|
Equal width increments across transects
|
|
IDNR Fisheries
|
IDNR Fisheries Methods
|
Secchi disk or Hach™ Hydrolab
|
Once per stream survey station
|
Summer
|
Over the deepest pool in the sampled section
|
|
IDEM Assessment Branch
|
IDEM Assessment Branch Methods
|
Onsite Probe
|
Dependent on the monitoring program
|
Dependent on the monitoring program
|
|
|
USFWS
|
USFWS Methods
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lakes
|
IDNR LARE
IN Clean Lakes Program
|
Clean Lakes Program Methods
|
Secchi disk
|
Once every 5 years (basin rotation schedule)
|
Measured in July-August
|
Over deepest basin
|
|
IN Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
|
Volunteer Lake Monitoring Methods
|
Secchi disk
|
Once every two weeks
|
During the recreational season
|
Over deepest basin
|
|
IDNR Fisheries
|
IDNR Fisheries Methods
|
Secchi disk or Hach™ Hydrolab
|
Once per survey
|
May-September
|
Secchi: Over deepest basin; Turbidity: Over the deepest basin every 2 ft to bottom
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