Bioassessment Reports
Clearinghouse for reports involving bioassessment, including
fifth year inspections, basin studies, ecosummaries, springs
studies, and TMDL studies.
Stream and River Bioassessment
Development of a Stream Diatom Index - This 2010 report describes DEP's 2008-2009
efforts to develop a multi-metric index of periphyton biological integrity for streams.
Stream Condition
Index (SCI) Report - Fore, L. et al. 2007. Development and Testing of Biomonitoring Tools for Macroinvertebrates
in Florida Streams. The statistical basis for SCI and Biorecon calculation SOPs (.pdf, 1.01 MB)
Stream Condition
Index (SCI) Report (Old) - Fore, L. 2004. Development and Testing of Biomonitoring Tools for Macroinvertebrates
in Florida Streams. The statistical basis for SCI and Biorecon calculation SOPs (.pdf, 475 kb)
Development of the
Stream Condition Index (SCI) - This 1996 document contains the framework for the Stream Condition Index.
It summarizes the data and methods used to develop the index based on data collected in 1992-1994. (.pdf, 70MB)
Lake Bioassessment
Lake Condition Index
(LCI) Report - Tetra Tech, Inc. 2000. Development and Testing of the Biomonitoring Tool for Macroinvertebrates
in Florida Lakes, (pdf 3.24 MB)
Evaluation of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages as Indicators of Lake Condition - Fore, L. 2007. Re-analysis of the Lake
Condition Index Using the Human Disturbance Gradient Approach, (.pdf, 250 kB).
Lake Vegetation
Index (LVI) Report - Fore, L. 2007. Assessing the Biological Condition of Florida Lakes: Development of the Lake Vegetation Index (LVI), (pdf 640KB).
Lake Vegetation
Index (LVI) Report (Old) - Fore, L. 2005. Assessing the Biological Condition of Florida Lakes: Development of the Lake Vegetation Index (LVI), (pdf 406KB).
Wetlands Bioassessment Documents
These documents were produced by the University of Florida under contract with FDEP.
Biological Criteria Literature Review (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Florida Wetland Classification (PDF, 915 kB)
Florida Wetland Condition Index: Forested Wetlands (PDF, 2.5 MB)
Florida Wetland Condition Index: Herbaceous Wetlands (PDF, 3.2 MB)
Florida Wetland Condition Index: Strands and Floodplains (PDF, 3.0 MB)
Proposed Wetland Regions for Florida (PDF, 4.4 MB)
Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method (UMAM) Web based training manual for Chapter 62-345, F.A.C. for wetlands permitting.
Other Documents
Landscape Development Intensity
(LDI) Report - Brown, Mark T. and Vivas, M. Benjamin. 2004. Landscape Development Intensity Index (PDF, 359 kb).
DEP District reports related to
Bioassessment
Aquatic
Macroinvertebrate Taxonomic Keys
For
more information please contact Devan Cobb at 850/245-8542 or
devan.r.cobb@dep.state.fl.us.
2012 State of Florida