CATALOG DOCUMENTATION EMAP SURFACE WATERS PROGRAM LEVEL DATABASE Region 10 Washington Cascades (R0CE) Fish Counts TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. DATA SET IDENTIFICATION 2. INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION 3. DATA SET ABSTRACT 4. OBJECTIVES AND INTRODUCTION 5. DATA ACQUISTITION AND PROCESSING METHODS 6. DATA MANIPULATIONS 7. DATA DESCRIPTION 8. GEOGRAPHIC AND SPATIAL INFORMATION 9. QUALITY CONTROL / QUALITY ASSURANCE 10. DATA ACCESS 11. REFERENCES 12. TABLE OF ACRONYMS 13. PERSONNEL INFORMATION 1. DATA SET IDENTIFICATION 1.1 Title of Catalog Document EMAP SURFACE WATERS DATABASE Region 10 Washington Cascades (R0CE) Fish Counts 1.2 Authors of the Catalog Entry U.S. EPA NHEERL Western Ecology Division Corvallis, OR 1.3 Catalog Revision Date June 14, 2004 1.4 Data Set Name fishcnt_wa 1.5 Task Group Surface Waters 1.6 Data Set Identification Code 19 1.7 Version 001 1.8 Requested Acknowledgment These data were produced as part of the U.S. EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). If you publish these data or use them for analyses in publication, EPA requires a standard statement for work it has supported: 'Although the data described in this article have been funded wholly or in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through its EMAP Surface Waters Program, it has not been subjected to Agency review, and therefore does not necessarily reflect the view of the Agency and no official endorsement of the conclusions should be inferred.' 2. INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION 2.1 Principal Investigator Spencer Peterson U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL Western Ecology Division 200 S.W. 35th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 2.2 Investigation Participant- Sample Collection State of Oregon State of Washington U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 3. DATA SET ABSTRACT 3.1 Abstract of the Data Set The primary function of the fish count data is to provide a snapshot of the fish assemblage present in the stream at the time of sampling. The fish count represents an integral component of stream biological integrity and represents a snapshot of a publicly visible reflection of stream quality. 3.2 Keywords for the Data Set Fish assemblage, fish community, fish species identification 4. OBJECTIVES AND INTRODUCTION 4.1 Program Objectives The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) was designed to periodically estimate the status and trends of the Nation's ecological resources on a regional basis. EMAP provides a strategy to identify and bound the extent, magnitude and location of environmental degradation and improvement on a regional scale based on a probability-based statistical survey design. 4.2 Data Set Objective This data set is part of a demonstration project to evaluate approaches to monitoring streams in EMAP. The data set contains the results of multi-habitat sampling to determine fish populations. 4.3 Data Set Background Discussion The fish community within a stream is an integral component of stream biological integrity and represents a publicly visible reflection of stream quality. This data set contains counts of vertebrates collected at each stream sampled. 4.4 Summary of Data Set Parameters Fish Assemblage parameters include abundance collected or counted. 5. DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING METHODS 5.1 Data Acquisition 5.1.1 Sampling Objective To obtain a sample of the fish count within a stream during a sampling window from July through September. 5.1.2 Sample Collection Methods Summary The assemblage was sampled using a single pass electrofishing distributed in multiple habitats throughout the stream. 5.1.3 Sampling Start Date July 6, 1999 5.1.4 Sampling End Date September 7, 2000 5.1.5 Platform NA 5.1.6 Sampling Gear Backpack electrofisher, waders, dip nets, buckets, minnow seine, large seine, taxonomic keys, voucher jars, formalin, carbon dioxide tablets, safety gloves and glasses. 5.1.7 Manufacturer of Instruments NA 5.1.8 Key Variables NA 5.1.9 Sampling Method Calibration NA 5.1.10 Sample Collection Quality Control See Lazorchak, et al. 1998. 5.1.11 Sample Collection Method Reference Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program- Surface Waters: Field Operations and Methods for Measuring the Ecological Condition of Wadeable Streams. EPA/620/R-94/004F. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: Integrated Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Surface Waters Resource Group, 1994 Activities. EPA 600/X-91/080, Rev. 2.00. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, Nevada. 5.1.12 Sample Collection Method Deviations NA 5.2 DATA PREPARATION AND SAMPLE PROCESSING 5.2.1 Sample Processing Objective See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 5.2.2 Sample Processing Methods Summary See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 5.2.3 Sample Processing Method Calibration See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 5.2.4 Sample Processing Quality Control See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 5.2.5 Sample Processing Method Reference See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 6. DATA MANIPULATIONS 6.1 Name of New or Modified Values None 6.2 Data Manipulation Description Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 7. DATA DESCRIPTION 7.1 Description of Parameters Parameter Data Parameter # Name Type Len Format Label --------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 ABUND Num 8 Total number of specimens 18 COMMENT Char 800 Field crew comments 4 DATE_COL Num 8 MMDDYY Date of site visit 9 FSHTOTTM Num 8 Total fishing timedup (sec) 13 GENUS Char 20 Scientific name (Genus) 12 ITIS_SN Char 6 ITIS number 17 LENG_MAX Num 8 Maximum fish length 16 LENG_MIN Num 8 Minimum fish length 11 NAME_COM Char 41 Vertebrate common name 8 PCT_SAMP Num 8 Percent of transpaces sampled 6 SAMPLED Char 30 Site sampled code 1 SITE_ID Char 15 Stream Identification 14 SPECIES Char 25 Scientific name (Species) 2 STRMNAME Char 18 Stream name 7 TRAN_TOT Char 49 Transects sampled 10 VERTCODE Char 8 Unique species ID 3 VISIT_NO Num 8 Within year site visit number 5 YEAR Num 8 Year of site visit 7.1.1 Precision to which values are reported NA 7.1.2 Minimum Value in Data Set Name Min ------------------------------ ABUND 1 DATE_COL 07/21/1999 FSHTOTTM 10 LENG_MAX 25 LENG_MIN 15 PCT_SAMP 10 VISIT_NO 1 YEAR 1999 7.1.3 Maximum Value in Data Set Name Max ------------------------------- ABUND 191 DATE_COL 10/05/2000 FSHTOTTM 4000 LENG_MAX 255 LENG_MIN 255 PCT_SAMP 100 VISIT_NO 6 YEAR 2000 7.2 Data Record Example 7.2.1 Column Names for Example Records "ABUND", "COMMENT", "DATE_COL", "FSHTOTTM", "GENUS", "ITIS_SN", "LENG_MAX", "LENG_MIN", "NAME_COM", "PCT_SAMP", "SAMPLED", "SITE_ID", "SPECIES", "STRMNAME", "TRAN_TOT", "VERTCODE", "VISIT_NO", "YEAR" 7.2.2 Example Data Records 25, "None retained", 07/23/1999, 4000, "Oncorhynchus", "161983", 155, 25, "CUTTHROAT TROUT", 100, "Yes", "R0CE99-001", "clarki", "DESCHUTES R", "A B C D E F G H I J", "ONCOCLAR", 1, 1999 59, "None retained", 07/23/1999, 4000, "Cottus", "167252", 135, 45, "TORRENT SCULPIN", 100, "Yes", "R0CE99-001", "rhotheus", "DESCHUTES R", "A B C D E F G H I J", "COTTRHOT", 1, 1999 21, "None retained", 08/02/1999, 989, "Oncorhynchus", "161989", 255, 25, "RAINBOW TROUT", 100, "Yes", "R0CE99-007", "mykiss", "NF CLEAR CR", "A B C D E F G H I J", "ONCOMYKI", 1, 1999 3, "None retained", 09/09/1999, 1616, "Rana", "173450", 55, 35, "CASCADE FROG", 100, "Yes", "R0CE99-012", "cascadae", "SF TIETON R", "A B C D E F G H I J", "RANACASC", 2, 1999 4, "None retained", 09/09/1999, 1616, "Oncorhynchus", "161983", 155, 115, "CUTTHROAT TROUT", 100, "Yes", "R0CE99-012", "clarki", "SF TIETON R", "A B C D E F G H I J", "ONCOCLAR", 2, 1999 8. GEOGRAPHIC AND SPATIAL INFORMATION 8.1 Minimum Longitude -122 Degrees 30 Minutes 25 Seconds West (-122.507056 Decimal Degrees) 8.2 Maximum Longitude -121 Degrees 13 Minutes 25 Seconds West (-121.223858 Decimal Degrees) 8.3 Minimum Latitude 45 Degrees 41 Minutes 17 Seconds North (45.688187 Decimal Degrees) 8.4 Maximum Latitude 47 Degrees 28 Minutes 53 Seconds North (47.481605 Decimal Degrees) 8.5 Name of Area or Region EPA Region 10 - The sampling area included the Coast Range Ecoregion and the Yakima River Basin (Columbia Basin Ecoregion). 9. QUALITY CONTROL / QUALITY ASSURANCE 9.1 Data Quality Objectives See Chaloud and Peck (1994), Merritt (1994), and Hayslip (1993). 9.2 Quality Assurance Procedures See Chaloud and Peck (1994), Merritt (1994), and Hayslip (1993). 9.3 Unassessed Errors NA 10. DATA ACCESS 10.1 Data Access Procedures Data can be downloaded from the WWW site or contact personnel listed in Section 10.3. 10.2 Data Access Restrictions Data can only be accessed from the WWW server. 10.3 Data Access Contact Persons Gretchen Hayslip Environmental Services Division Region 10 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Sixth Avenue, ES-097 Seattle, WA 98101 Ph 206-553-1685 Fax 206-553-0119 email hayslip.gretchen@epamail.epa.gov Marlys Cappaert CSC c/o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL Western Ecology Division 200 S.W. 35th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 Ph 541-754-4467 Fax 541-754-4716 Email cappaert@mail.cor.epa.gov 10.4 Data Set Format Data files are in ASCII comma-delimited format. 10.5 Information Concerning Anonymous FTP Data cannot be accessed via ftp. 10.6 Information Concerning WWW Data can be downloaded from http://www.epa.gov/emap. 10.7 EMAP CD-ROM Containing the Data Data are not available on CD-ROM. 11. REFERENCES Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program - Surface Waters: Integrated Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Surface Waters Resource Group. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development. Washington, D.C. Hayslip, G. A. (editor). 1993. EPA Region 10 In-stream Biological Monitoring Handbook (for wadeable streams in the Pacific Northwest). U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 10, Environmental Services Division, Seattle, WA 98101. EPA-910/9-92-013. Hayslip, G., D.J. Klemm, J.M. Lazorchak. 1994. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Surface Waters and Region 10 Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: 1994 Pilot Field Operations and Methods Manual for Streams on the Coast Range Ecoregion of Oregon and Washington and the Yakima River Basin. Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Merritt, G.D. 1994. Biological Assessment of wadeable Streams in the Coast Range Ecoregion and the Yakima River Basin: Final Quality Assurance Project Plan. Washington State Department of Ecology, Environmental Investigations and Laboratory Services, Olympia, WA, 15 pp. Plafkin, J.L., M.T. Barbour, K.D. Porter, S.K. Gross, and R.M Hughes. 1989. Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Rivers: Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Fish. EPA 440/4-89/001. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, D.C. 12. TABLE OF ACRONYMS EMAP Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program EPA U.S.Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory CSC Computer Sciences Corporation R-EMAP Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program R0CE Region 10 Washington Cascades (R0CE) 13. PERSONNEL INFORMATION Project Manager Gretchen Hayslip Environmental Services Division Region 10 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Sixth Avenue, ES-097 Seattle, WA 98101 Ph 206-553-1685 Fax 206-553-0119 email hayslip.gretchen@epamail.epa.gov R-EMAP Project Leader for Washington State Glenn Merritt Washington State Department of Ecology Watershed Assessments Section 300 Desmond Drive, P.O. Box 47710 Olympia, WA 98504-7710 Ph 206-407-6777 Fax 206-407-6884 R-EMAP Project Leader for Oregon Rick Hafele Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 811 SW 6th Avenue Portland, OR 97204-1390 Ph 503-229-5983 Fax 503-229-6124 Email rick.hafele@state.or.us Quality Assurance Officer Dave Peck U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL Western Ecology Division 200 S.W. 35th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 Ph 541-754-4426 Fax 541-754-4716 Email davep@mail.cor.epa.gov Information Management, EMAP-Surface Waters Marlys Cappaert CSC c/o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL Western Ecology Division 200 S.W. 35th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 Ph 541-754-4467 Fax 541-754-4716 Email cappaert@mail.cor.epa.gov