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A Pebble Count Procedure for Assessing Watershed Cumulative Effects. 1995. Bevenger, Gregory S. and Rudy M. King. USDA Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Research Paper RM-RP-319. Fort Collins, Colorado.{WQB/MoF}

Aerial Photography and Videography Standards: Application for Stream Inventory and Assessment (Draft). 1996. Hamm, Darren. B.C. Environment, Victoria, B.C. {WQB}

Analyzing the Cumulative Effects of Forest Practices: Where Do We Start? 1993. Green, K, S. Bernath, L. Lackey, M. Brunengo, and S. Smith. Geo Info Systems. 3(2): 31-41. {WQB - Ted}

Application of Repeated Measures Designs in Environmental Impact and Monitoring Studies. 1993. Green, R.H. Australian Journal of Ecology. 18: 81-98. {WQB-Ted}

Beyond the Guidelines: Additional Lessons for Monitoring. 1993 MacDonald, L.H. and A. Smart. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 26: 203-218.

Coastal Watershed Assessment Procedure Guidebook (CWAP) 1995. (Sept.) B.C. Environment and B.C. Forest Service, Forest Practices Code of British Columbia. {WQB}

Community Watershed Guidebook (Draft). 1996. (March) B.C. Environment and B.C. Forest Service. Forest Practices Code of British Columbia. {WQB}

Detecting Ecosystem Responses to Anthropogenic Stress. 1987. Schindler, D.W. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aqualtic Sciences. 44 ( Suppl. 1): 6-25. {WQB-Ted}

Developing a Monitoring Project. 1994. MacDonald Lee H. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. May-June 1994: 221-227.{WQB}

Effective Monitoring Strategies for Demonstrating Water Quality Changes from Nonpoint Source Controls on a Watershed Scale. 1993. Spooner, J. and D.E. Line. Water Science Technology. 28(3-5): 143-148.

Experimental Designs for Estimating Transient Responses to Management Disturbances. 1988. Walters, C.J. and J.S. Collie. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 45:530-538. {WQB }

Interim Data Logger Standards for Water Quality Monitoring (Draft). 1996. White, E.T. Water Quality Branch, Environmental Protection, BC Environment, Victoria, B.C. {WQB} *(available August 1996)

Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure Guidebook (IWAP) Level 1 Analysis. 1995. (Sept.) B.C. Environment and B.C. Forest Service, Forest Practices Code of British Columbia. {WQB}

Modeling Cumulative Watershed Effects of Forest Management Strategies. 1991. Ziemer, R.R., J. Lewis, R.M. Rice, and T.E. Lisle. Journal of Environmental Quality. 20: 36-42. {WQB-Ted}

Monitoring Guidelines to Evaluate Effects of Forestry Activities on Streams in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. 1991. MacDonald, L. H. and A. Smart, and R. C. Wissmar. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, Seattle, WA. EPA/910/9-91-001. {WQB}

Monitoring Timber Harvest Impacts on Stream Sedimentation: Instream vs. Upslope Methods. 1996. Corner, R.A., J.H. Bassman and B.C. Moore. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 11(1): 25-32. {WQB/MoF}

Overview of Large-Scale Ecological Experimental Designs and Recommendations for the British Columbia Watershed Restoration Program. 1995. Mellina, Eric and Scott G. Hinch. Watershed Restoration Program, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and Ministry of Forests. Watershed Restoration Project Report No. 1. {WQB}

Paired Watershed Study Design. 1993. US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, D.C. EPA 841-F-93-009. {WQB}

Power Analysis and Practical Strategies for Environmental Monitoring. 1989. Green, R.H. Environmental Research. 50: 195-205. {WQB}

Pseudoreplication and the Experimental Design of Ecological Experiments. 1984. Hurlbert, S.H. Ecological Monographs. 54(2): 187-211. {WQB}

Pulsed Monitoring for Watershed and Stream Restoration. 1995. Bryant, Mason D. Fisheries. 20(11): 6-13. {WQB}

Sediment Bioassay Research and Development. R.A.C. Project No. PDF 03. 1990. Krantzberg, Gail. Environmental Research, Research and Technology Branch, Environment Ontario. {MoELP}

Space-Time Correlation and Its Effects on Methods for Detecting Aquatic Ecological Change. 1985. Millard, S.P., J.R. Yearsley, and D.P. Lettenmaier. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 42: 1391-1400. {WQB}

Standard Methods for Stream Inventory. 1996. Cheong, Tony. B.C. Environment, Victoria, B.C. {WQB}

Standard Methods for Stream Reach Identification. 1996. Cheong, Tony. B.C. Environment, Victoria, B.C..

Standard Methods for Stream Habitat Classification. 1996. Blann, Vicki. B.C. Environment, Victoria, B.C. {WQB}

Statistical and Nonstatistical Considerations for Environmental Monitoring Studies. 1984. Green, R.H. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 4: 293-301. {WQB}

Stream Channel Reference Sites: An Illustrated Guide to Field Technique. 1994. Harrelson, Cheryl C., C.L. Rawlins, and John P. Potyondy. USDA Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. General Technical Report RM-245. Fort Collins, Colorado. {MoELP}

The Carnation Creek Experimental Watershed: A Description and History from 1970 to 1986. 1988. Scrivener, J.C. In Chamberlin, T.W. (ed.). Proceedings of the Workshop: Applying 15 Years of Carnation Creek Results. Workshop held January 13-15, 1987, Nanaimo, British Columbia. pp. 1-10.

The Stuart - Takla Fisheries/Forestry Interaction Project: Study Description and Design. 1992. Macdonald, J. Stevenson, J. Charles Scrivener and Glenn Smith. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, West Vancouver Laboratory. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, No. 1899. {MoELP}

Trend Assessment of Water Quality Time Series. 1983. McLeod, K.W Hipel and F. Comancho. Water Resources Bulletin. 19(4): 537-547. {WQB}

Turbidity Monitoring: (The EKG of Watershed Managers?). 1996.Carson, B. In Watercourses: Getting on Stream with Current Thinking. Conference Proceedings. Vancouver, British Columbia, October 22-25, 1996. Canadian Water Resources Association.


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