Alkalinity

National Field Manual – Chapter 6.6

(version 3, 7/2006)

National Field Manual – Chapter 6.6

(version 3, 7/2006)

Ammonia

National Field Manual – Chapters 1-5

(current as of 2/2008)

OFR 93-125

Fishman, M.J., ed., 1993, Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory--Determination of inorganic and organic constituents in water and fluvial sediments: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-125, 217 p.
Method ID: I-2525-89 , I-2522-90 

Chlorophyll a

National Field Manual – Chapter 7.4.3

(version 1.0, 8/2007)

National Field Manual – Chapter 7.4.5

(version 1.0, 8/2007)

Conductivity

National Field Manual – Chapter 6.3.3

(8/2005)

Not applicable

Dissolved

Oxygen (DO)

National Field Manual – Chapter 6.2

(version 3, 9/2013)

National Field Manual – Chapter 6.2

(version 3, 9/2013)

E. coli Bacteria

Counts

National Field Manual – Chapter 7.1.2

(version 2.1, 5/2014)

National Field Manual – Chapter 7.1

(version 2.1, 5/2014)

Nitrate+Nitrite

National Field Manual – Chapters 1-5

(current as of 2/2008)

OFR 93-125
Fishman, M.J., ed., 1993, Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory--Determination of inorganic and organic constituents in water and fluvial sediments: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-125, 217 p.
Method ID: I-2545-90  

Orthophosphorus

National Field Manual – Chapters 1-5

(current as of 2/2008)

OFR 93-125
Fishman, M.J., ed., 1993, Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory--Determination of inorganic and organic constituents in water and fluvial sediments: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-125, 217 p.
Method ID: I-2601-90 , I-2606-89

pH

National Field Manual – Chapter 6.4

(version 2.0, 10/2008)

Not applicable

Suspended Sediment

Concentration

National Field Manual – Chapters 1-5

(current as of 2/2008)

National Field Manual – Chapters 1-5

(current as of 2/2008)

WRIR 03-4174

Patton, C.J., Kryskalla. J.R., Methods of Analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory Evaluation of Alkaline Persulfate Digestion as an Alternative to Kjeldahl Digestion for Determination of Total and Dissolved Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Water, Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4174, 33p.

Method ID: I-4650-03 

Total

Phosphorus

National Field Manual – Chapters 1-5

(current as of 2/2008)

EPA 365.1 

 Determination of Phosphorus by Semi-Automated Colorimetry Revision 2.0, Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Substances in Environmental Samples,

EPA 600/R-63/100

Turbidity

National Field Manual – Chapter 6.7.3

(9/2005)

Standard Methods 2130

Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater (20th edition), 1998; Washington, D.C., American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Environment Federation, 2130, p2-8 to 2-11.

Water

Temperature

National Field Manual – Chapter 6.1.3

(version 2.0, 3/2006)

Not applicable