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Big Canyon Creek - Physical Habitat and Bioassessment Sampling Site
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| Location: |
Latitude N:40.08621 Longitude W: 119.72099 Elevation: 4264 ft. Virginia Range; Washoe County, NV |
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| Equipment: |
1). A YSI 6920 multiparameter WQ monitoring instrument is used to record temperature, specific conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity, tds, and turbidity during the sampling event. 2). A 18"x12" kicknet, 500 micron mesh, is used to collect benthic macroinvertebrates at 3 sites. 3). A densiometer is used to obtain an estimate of canopy cover (%) along the 150 meter reach. |
| Period of Record: | 2002, 2004 to present |
Physical Habitat & Bioassessment monitoring began in 2002 on the lower portion of Big Canyon creek. Physical Habitat & Bioassessments are conducted annually during the month of April or May, depending on flows. Physical Habitat assessments are conducted within a 150 meter reach of the river. Water samples, stream measurements, and benthic macroinvertebrates are collected at the mid point of the reach following protocols in the Tribe's 2007 Quality Assurance Project Plan.(7.4 Mb PDF file)
Documents related to this location:
- 2007 Quality Assurance Project Plan for Physical Habitat & Bioassessment Monitoring in Surface Waters of the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, Nevada: Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Stream Bioassessment Procedure (7.4 Mb PDF file)
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Appendix A for 2007 Quality Assurance Project Plan - PLPT Stream Bioassessment Procedures
for collecting Benthic Macroinvertebrates (573k PDF file) - Links to other PDF documents related to this specifc sampling site, including monitoring studies, planning documents, reports, PowerPoint and similar types of presentations, etc.
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