Equipment used: Hess sampler with 500 mesh netting. Area sampled: 0.256 m2 per sample, and three replicate samples are taken at each site. Subsampling: approx. 10-15% of samples must be halved due to richness, but counts over 200 are maintained whenever possible. Taxonomic level: to genus and species, except for Diptera chironomids, which are identified to subfamily or tribe level. Oligochaetes are identified to family level.
QA: Type specimens are confirmed by Idaho State University, Stream Ecology Center; Type specimen collection established and archived to demonstrate past id's and for future verification of specimens. Library of general and taxon specific texts and monographs for sample handling, collection and identification. Bibliography of texts, keys, monographs, etc. are available.
Analysis/metrics: Idenfication and enumeration of invertebrates and invertebrate biomass determinations. No metrics are applied.
The TMWRF dataset contains continuous hourly SONDE data from various sampling sites along the Truckee River. The SONDEs collect basic water quality parameters such as temperature, pH, cpecific conductivity and dissolved oxygen. Sampling locations, minimum reporting limits and analytical methods used are available in this metadata record.
Values less than the reporting limits are non-zero estimated values to simplify mathematical manipulation of the data.
Analytical Method:
Ending dates in first spreadsheet attached vary from 2/1/08-3/30/08. Ending dates for second quarter vary from 6/25/08 to 7/6/08.
Geographic Coverage:
Sonde water quality measurements for Truckee River sites throughout Reno and North Truckee Drain samples are recorded hourly.
This point shapefile shows the sample sites from the ongoing Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF) Truckee River monitoring effort. The shapefile is in GCS_North_American_1983 (latitude-longitude), North American Datum of 1983.
