Protocols for sampling macroinvertebrates in wadeable streams
November 2001
This protocol identifies and describes standardised protocols for use by agencies throughout New Zealand for macroinvertebrate biomonitoring. Aquatic macroinvertebrates are universally accepted indicators of pollution in freshwaters, but they are sampled and used in widely differing ways nationally. The use of standard methods will enable more defensible and consistent biomonitoring regionally and nationally, increase consultation between water agencies, facilitate national SOE reporting and is an important pre-cursor to the development of consistent national databases.
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