CATALOG DOCUMENTATION EMAP SURFACE WATERS PROGRAM LEVEL DATABASE Region 10 Oregon Deschutes Basin (R0ORDES) Fish Counts and Species 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 Oregon Deschutes Basin (R0ORDES) Fish Counts and Species 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 fishcnth 1.5 Task Group Surface Waters 1.6 Data Set Identification Code 29 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, 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 7, 1997 5.1.4 Sampling End Date September 30, 1997 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 ----------------------------------------------------- 11 BULFROGL Num 8 Bull frog - larvae 9 BULLHEAD Num 8 Brown bullhead 12 CASFROGA Num 8 Cascade frog - adult 13 CHIMOUTH Num 8 Chiselmouth 15 DACELNOS Num 8 Longnose dace 29 DACEUMAT Num 8 Umatilla dace 4 DATE_COL Num 8 MMDDYY Date collection 19 PTRFROGA Num 8 Pacific tree frog - adult 20 PTRFROGL Num 8 Pacific tree frog - larvae 22 SCULPINR Num 8 Reticulate sculpin 23 SCULPINS Num 8 Shorthead sculpin 5 SITEDESP Char 64 Site description 1 SITE_ID Char 15 Site identification code 24 SPTFROGA Num 8 Spotted frog - adult 18 SQUFISH Num 8 Northern Squawfish 26 STICKLE Num 8 Three-spine stickleback 7 SUCKERB Num 8 Bridgelip sucker 14 SUCKERL Num 8 Largescale sucker 16 SUCKERM Num 8 Mountain sucker 25 SUCKERMI Num 8 Suckers/minnows 30 SVN_ID Char 8 DEQ site visit number 6 TOT_VERT Num 8 Total of all vertebrates 27 TREFROGA Num 8 Tree frog - adult 8 TROUTK Num 8 Brook trout 10 TROUTN Num 8 Brown trout 21 TROUTR Num 8 Rainbow trout 28 TUICHUB Num 8 Tui chub 3 VISIT_NO Num 8 Visit number 17 WHITFISH Num 8 Mountain whitefish 2 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 ------------------------------ BULFROGL 18 BULLHEAD 8 CASFROGA 2 CHIMOUTH 8 DACELNOS 13 DACEUMAT 1 DATE_COL 07/07/1997 PTRFROGA 1 PTRFROGL 1 SCULPINR 95 SCULPINS 4 SPTFROGA 1 SQUFISH 2 STICKLE 3 SUCKERB 3 SUCKERL 16 SUCKERM 9 SUCKERMI 531 TOT_VERT 1 TREFROGA 1 TROUTK 2 TROUTN 9 TROUTR 5 TUICHUB 15 VISIT_NO 1 WHITFISH 19 YEAR 1997 7.1.3 Maximum Value in Data Set Name Max ------------------------------- BULFROGL 18 BULLHEAD 240 CASFROGA 2 CHIMOUTH 70 DACELNOS 13 DACEUMAT 274 DATE_COL 09/30/1997 PTRFROGA 2 PTRFROGL 2 SCULPINR 95 SCULPINS 4 SPTFROGA 2 SQUFISH 11 STICKLE 12 SUCKERB 94 SUCKERL 139 SUCKERM 9 SUCKERMI 531 TOT_VERT 554 TREFROGA 1 TROUTK 215 TROUTN 121 TROUTR 212 TUICHUB 15 VISIT_NO 2 WHITFISH 34 YEAR 1997 7.2 Data Record Example 7.2.1 Column Names for Example Records "BULFROGL", "BULLHEAD", "CASFROGA", "CHIMOUTH", "DACELNOS", "DACEUMAT", "DATE_COL", "PTRFROGA", "PTRFROGL", "SCULPINR", "SCULPINS", "SITEDESP", "SITE_ID", "SPTFROGA", "SQUFISH", "STICKLE", "SUCKERB", "SUCKERL", "SUCKERM", "SUCKERMI", "SVN_ID", "TOT_VERT", "TREFROGA", "TROUTK", "TROUTN", "TROUTR", "TUICHUB", "VISIT_NO", "WHITFISH", "YEAR" 7.2.2 Example Data Records ., ., ., ., ., 32, 07/30/1997, ., ., ., ., "LITTLE SUMMIT CREEK AT RM 0.4", "ORDS97-001", ., ., ., ., ., ., ., "97027REM", 212, ., ., ., 180, ., 1, ., 1997 ., ., ., ., ., ., 07/16/1997, ., ., ., ., "COW CR AT RM 2.4", "ORDS97-003", ., ., ., ., ., ., ., "97019REM", ., ., ., ., ., ., 1, ., 1997 ., ., ., ., ., ., 09/24/1997, ., ., ., ., "COW CR AT RM 2.4", "ORDS97-003", ., ., ., ., ., ., ., "97020REM", ., ., ., ., ., ., 2, ., 1997 ., 240, ., ., ., 13, 07/23/1997, ., ., ., ., "PAULINA CR AT RM 2.0", "ORDS97-009", ., ., ., 3, ., ., ., "97029REM", 256, ., ., ., ., ., 1, ., 1997 ., ., ., ., ., ., 07/28/1997, ., ., ., ., "ROBA CR NEAR PAULINA", "ORDS97-010", ., ., ., ., ., ., ., "97030REM", 59, ., ., ., 59, ., 1, ., 1997 8. GEOGRAPHIC AND SPATIAL INFORMATION 8.1 Minimum Longitude -121 Degrees 56 Minutes 44 Seconds West (-121.945818 Decimal Degrees) 8.2 Maximum Longitude -119 Degrees 55 Minutes 38 Seconds West (-119.927334 Decimal Degrees) 8.3 Minimum Latitude 43 Degrees 20 Minutes 36 Seconds North (43.343393 Decimal Degrees) 8.4 Maximum Latitude 44 Degrees 35 Minutes 11 Seconds North (44.586607 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 R0ORDES Region 10 Oregon Deschutes Basin (R0ORDES) 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