Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)

Programmatic QAPP Archive

Supporting Documents

  1. Chemical Hygiene Plan (PDF)
  2. Modifications to YSI-85 Procedure for Measuring Dissolved Oxygen (PDF)
  3. Quarterly Data Sheet Checking Protocol (PDF)

Equipment Calibration & Maintenance Procedures

  1. General Instructions (PDF)

YSI ProDSS Multimeter

  1. YSI ProDSS Multimeter Assembly and Maintenance (PDF)
  2. YSI ProDSS Multimeter Calibration Protocol (PDF)
  3. YSI ProDSS Multimeter pH-Turbidity (PDF)
  4. YSI ProDSS Multimeter Pressure-Conductivity-DO (PDF)

Flow Meter

  1. Flow Meter Data Sheet (PDF)
  2. Flow Meter Protocol (PDF)

YSI-60 pH Meter

  1. YSI-60 pH Meter Data Sheet Post-Season (PDF)
  2. YSI-60 pH Meter Data Sheet Pre-Season (PDF)
  3. YSI-60 pH Meter Protocol (PDF)

Thermometers

  1. Thermometers Data Sheet (PDF)
  2. Thermometers Protocol (PDF)

YSI-85 Multimeters (including DO meters/Winkler titration validation)

  1. Data Sheet DO vs. Winkler (PDF)
  2. YSI-85 Multimeters Protocols Field Version (PDF)
  3. YSI-85 Multimeters Protocols Lab Version (PDF)

Conductivity Meter

  1. Conductivity Meter Data Sheet (PDF)
  2. Conductivity Meter Protocol (PDF)

Barometer

  1. Barometer Data Sheet (PDF)
  2. Barometer Protocol (PDF)

Turbidimeter

  1. Hach 2100-P Annual Data Sheet (PDF)
  2. Hach 2100-P Seasonal Data Sheet (PDF)
  3. HF-DRT-15CE Annual Data Sheet (PDF)
  4. HF-DRT-15CE Post-Season Data Sheet (PDF)
  5. HF-DRT-15CE Pre-Season Data Sheet (PDF)

Hydrolab Quanta

  1. Hydrolab Quanta Data Sheet (PDF)

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Laboratory Procedures

Beginning in 2012, we switched to sampling, taxonomic, and analytical protocols developed under an EPA Scientific Studies and Technical Investigations Grant, "Enhancement and Standardization of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring and Analysis Tools for the Puget Sound Region".

Related Documents

  1. Classification of Olympic Peninsula Freshwater Invertebrates (PDF)
  2. Some Notes on the Counting of Worms (PDF)
  3. Sorting of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Samples (PDF)
  4. Subsampling and Taxonomic Procedures (PDF)