9:30 10:40 Presentation 1 - Overview of Bioassessment – 10:40 11:00 Break – 11:00 12:30 Presentation 2 - Stream Ecology, Freshwater Invertebrate Taxonomy and – Producing Biological Metrics 12:30 1:30 Lunch – 1:30 2:40 Presentation 3 - Bioassessment Sampling – 2:40 3:00 Break – 3:00 4:00 Presentation 4 - Sampling Design and Considerations for – Bioassessment in Water Resource Projects Day 2 Field Demonstration and Practice 9:00 9:30 Introductions and Training Objectives – 9:30 10:40 Demonstrate Site Delineation and Chemical Sample Collection – 10:40 11:00 Break – 11:00 12:30 Demonstrate and Practice Invertebrate and Sample Collection – 12:30 1:30 Lunch – 1:30 4:00 Practice Invertebrate and Algal Sample Processing – Day 3 Field Demonstration and Practice 9:00 9:30 Review and Questions from Day 1 – 9:30 10:40 Demonstrate Measuring Physical Habitat Transect Parameters – 11:00 12:30 Practice Measuring Physical Habitat Transect Parameters – 12:30 1:30 Lunch – 1:30 2:40 Demonstrate Measuring Physical Habitat Reach-Wide Parameters – 2:40 3:00 – 3:00 4:00 Practice Physical Habitat Reach-Wide Parameters – Condensed Course 3-4 - Aquatic Invertebrate Laboratory Procedures, Biological Metrics and Data Analysis The two days of this 3-day laboratory/classroom course cover freshwater invertebrate taxonomy and biological metric calculations. The participants will identify invertebrates to the family level from six different sites and produce the data for examining site condition.
9:30 – 10:40 Presentation 1 - Overview of Bioassessment 10:40 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 12:30 Presentation 2 - Stream Ecology, Freshwater Invertebrate Taxonomy and Producing Biological Metrics 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 2:40 Presentation 3 - Bioassessment Sampling 2:40 – 3:00 Break 3:00 – 4:00 Presentation 4 - Sampling Design and Considerations for Bioassessment in Water Resource Projects Day 2 Field Demonstration and Practice 9:00 – 9:30 Introductions and Training Objectives 9:30 – 10:40 Demonstrate Site Delineation and Chemical Sample Collection 10:40 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 12:30 Demonstrate and Practice Invertebrate and Sample Collection 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 4:00 Practice Invertebrate and Algal Sample Processing Day 3 Field Demonstration and Practice 9:00 – 9:30 Review and Questions from Day 1 9:30 – 10:40 Demonstrate Measuring Physical Habitat Transect Parameters 11:00 – 12:30 Practice Measuring Physical Habitat Transect Parameters 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 2:40 Demonstrate Measuring Physical Habitat Reach-Wide Parameters 2:40 – 3:00 3:00 – 4:00 Practice Physical Habitat Reach-Wide Parameters Condensed Course 3-4 - Aquatic Invertebrate Laboratory Procedures, Biological Metrics and Data Analysis The two days of this 3-day laboratory/classroom course cover freshwater invertebrate taxonomy and biological metric calculations. The participants will identify invertebrates to the family level from six different sites and produce the data for examining site condition.