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Guide to surface water quality monitoring in the Cayuga Lake watershed

dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorCushman, Susan
dc.contributor.authorHaith, Doug
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Roxanne
dc.contributor.authorMawdsley, John
dc.contributor.authorVawter, A. Thomas
dc.contributor.authorCayuga Lake Watershed Network, Inc.
dc.contributor.authorCayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Organization
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-10T19:33:25Z
dc.date.available2009-08-10T19:33:25Z
dc.date.issued2009-08-10T19:33:25Z
dc.description.abstractThe Cayuga Lake Watershed (CLW) is home to many municipal agencies, educational institutions, non-governmental environmental organizations and citizens? groups with significant interests in the quality of the lake and its tributaries. As a result, numerous studies and monitoring programs have been, and will continue to be, conducted throughout the watershed. However, water quality monitoring studies have differed widely in purpose and scope, corresponding to the interests and funding of scientific investigators, the information needs of specific agencies and the enthusiasm of volunteers. Therefore, any plan for a comprehensive monitoring plan becomes very complicated due to the immense diversity of interests and study questions that drive water quality monitoring in the CLW. The unfeasibility of a monitoring plan lead to the creation of this Guide to Surface Water Quality Monitoring in Cayuga Lake Watershed, which achieves some of the goals of a comprehensive plan while still accommodating the needs and scopes of current and future monitoring activities. The Guide provides an introduction to study design, five objectives for CLW monitoring and the types of sampling programs that could meet the objectives, and an overview of a data clearinghouse begun as part of this project. Appendices provide supporting information such as questions to inform study design, sample field data sheets and explanations of key parameters suggested in the Guide.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFinger Lakes-Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Allianceen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/13370
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectCayuga Lakeen_US
dc.subjectWatersheden_US
dc.subjectFinger Lakesen_US
dc.subjectWater Qualityen_US
dc.subjectWater Pollutionen_US
dc.subjectMonitoring Guideen_US
dc.subjectTributariesen_US
dc.subjectLake Samplingen_US
dc.subjectIndicator Speciesen_US
dc.subjectPhosphorus and Nitrogenen_US
dc.titleGuide to surface water quality monitoring in the Cayuga Lake watersheden_US
dc.typereporten_US

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