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Title: US Fish and Wildlife Service lands biomonitoring operations manual

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/489925· OSTI ID:489925

This is Volume 1 of an operations manual designed to facilitate the development of biomonitoring strategies for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands. It is one component of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands Biomonitoring Operations Manual. The Volume contains the Introduction to the Manual, background information on monitoring, and procedures for developing a biomonitoring strategy for Service lands. The purpose of the Biomonitoring Operations Manual is to provide an approach to develop and implement biomonitoring activities to assess the status and trends of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service trust resources. It also provides field sampline methods and documentation protocols for contaminant monitoring activities. The strategy described in the Manual has been designed as a stand alone process to characterize the presence of contaminants on lands managed by the Service. This process can be sued to develop a monitoring program for any tract of real estate with potential threats from on- or off-site contaminants. Because the process was designed to address concerns for Service lands that span the United States from Alaska to the Tropical Islands, it has a generic format that can be used in al types of ecosystems, however, significant site specific informtion is required to complete the Workbook and make the process work successfully.

Research Organization:
EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Center for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Sponsoring Organization:
Department of the Interior, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-76ID01570
OSTI ID:
489925
Report Number(s):
EGG-EST-9222-Vol.1; ON: DE97052551
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: For complete package including two volume hardcopy technical report and one diskette, Order nos. DE97052551, DE97006392, and DE97006389; PBD: Aug 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English