KRIS Russian River: Meta Information Page

Meta Identifier	CDFG_bugs
Type of Data	Benthic Macroinvertebrate (BMI) Data also referred to commonly as aquatic insects
Originator	California Department of Fish and Game
Description	Benthic Macroinvertebrates were collected in from 35 reaches within 21 tributary streams and the mainstem Russian River during the fall 1995 and spring 1996 and 1997 using the California Stream Bioassessment Procedure (CDFG, 1996).
Area	Russian River
Metadata Date	9/5/2003
Metadata Contact	Pat Higgins
Contact Person Primary	Jim Harrington
Status	complete
Access Constraints	None
Lead Person	James M. Harrington, Staff Environmental Scientist
Lead Organization	DFG Water Pollution Control Lab
Notes	Five different metrics were calculated to assess the health of Russian River tributaries in sufficiently good health to sustain salmonids.
Data Set Name	bugs_mw_cdfg_1995_96_xtab.dbf, bugs_rribi_1997_source.dbf, bugs_russ_cdfg_1997_xtab.dbf
Date of Content Start	9/1/1995
Date of Content End	6/19/1997
Maint. and Update Freq.	New data planned to be added
Serial Name	Russian River IBI
Purpose	Benthic macroinvertebrate (BMI) were collected from 35 reaches within 21 tributary streams and the mainstem Russian River during the fall 1995 and spring 1996 and 1997 using the California Stream Bioassessment Procedure. Study was to determine the general biological condition of several Russian River tributaries and to establish criteria for judging the health of first through third order streams.
Data Quality Information	Data quality is high.
Use Constraints	The reference values for various components of the Russian River IBI (EPT, Richness, etc.) are not based on samples that include control streams; therefore, upper ranges of health do not necessarily represent targets for excellent stream health.
Supplemental Information	The Sustainable Land Stewardship Institute (2002) also used similar methods to classify the relative health of Santa Rosa Creek and its tributaries on behalf of the City of Santa Rosa.
Counties	Sonoma
Keywords	Benthic macroinvertebrates, BMI, Russian River IBI, Aquatic Insects
On Line Linkage (URL)	www.dfg.ca.gov/cabw/cabwhome.html
Publisher	California Department of Fish and Game
Publication Place	Rancho Cordova
Publication Date	1999
Issue Identification	Aquatic Health, IBI
Title	An Index of Biological Integrity for First to Third Order Russian River Tributary Streams
Abstract	Harrington (1999) set out to: 1) classify similar streams and stream reaches within the Russian River watershed, 2) determine the best time of year or index period for continued sampling of BMIs in Russian River watershed 3) determine the most appropriate set of biological metrics used for describing BMI communities in the Russian River watershed, and 4) produce a workable RRIBI using a modified approach outlined by the EPA (Barbour et al. 1997) and Karr and Chu (1999).
Other Citation Details	It was also recommended that the RRIBI be considered preliminary and that data on more Russian River tributaries and the mainstem be collected to 1) test the effectiveness of this scoring criteria on other first to third order Russian River tributaries, 2) test the appropriateness of using other biological metrics, 3) evaluate the use of the RRIBI in other north coast California streams to test its effectiveness at assessing biological integrity of streams outside the Russian River watershed, and 4) produce an IBI for fourth order and larger stream reaches.
Storage Location	DFG Water Pollution Control Laboratory
Contact Organization	California Department of Fish and Game
Contact Address	2005 Nimbus Road
Contact City	Rancho Cordova
Contact State	CA
Contact Zip Code	95670
Contact Voice Telephone	(916) 358-2862
Contact Fax	(916) 985-4301
Contact Email	jharring@ospr.dfg.ca.gov

 
 
 

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