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A practical book for professionals who rely on water quality data for decision making, this book is based on three decades experience of three highly published water and watershed resource professionals. It focuses on the analysis of air pollution sensitive waters and the consequent effects associated with soil and water acidification, nutrient-N enrichment, or the effects of atmospherically deposited toxic substances. It also covers lake zooplankton and/or stream macroinvertebrate biomonitors. Explanations of the reasons behind various recommendations provide readers with the tools needed to alter recommended protocols to match particular study needs and budget.

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This book deserves high praise for addressing key linkages between air pollutants and their impacts on aquatic ecosystems. It is an excellent exposition of different dimensions of water pollution, its measurement and analysis. It has a wealth of information conveyed in a lucid manner for students and researchers alike. Dr. Hem H. Dholakia, Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad The authors have each spent more than 30 years designing and implementing long-term monitoring programs and spatially extensive synoptic surveys, managing laboratories and quality assurance programs, and analyzing freshwater data for both scientific and management/policy applications. They come from the public, private, and academic sectors and bring a range of perspective that is reflected in the breadth of protocols and discussion presented in the book. This combined experience has produced a timely volume that is sure to become a popular addition to the libraries of freshwater ecologists and biogeochemists. Dr. Bernard J. Cosby, Group Leader Catchments and Soils, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK it is indeed fortunate that these highly qualified authors are sharing their careers-worth of experience in how to design and maintain water monitoring programs and associated assessments and to underscore the importance of long-term water quality monitoring and the necessity for good program design and rigorous protocols. James Galloway, University of Virginia This thoughtful book by masters of the science should become a classic on which new and/or redesigned studies can build. Professor Kevin Bishop, Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences Drawing from their considerable experience coordinating large-scale sampling programs, Sullivan et al. have written a book that should serve as a first stop for any researcher, water resources professional, or student about to embark upon the monitoring of freshwater ecosystems. with emphasis placed on the effects from atmospherically-derived acids and toxic metals, the key principles of building a successful sampling program are easily adaptable to a wide range of water quality measurement and monitoring applications. Todd M. Scanlon, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia a self-explanatory and ideal tool for professionals, involved in water quality and watershed research, aquatic ecology, wetland biodiversity, decision and policy makers, conservation units, managerial teams (including planners, practitioners, and programmers) for designing and implementing long-standing monitoring programs, aquatic laboratory managers, government and non-government sectors, water resources professionals, academicians and students. Dr. Hiren B. Soni, Institute of Science & Technology for Advanced Studies & Research (ISTAR), Department of Environmental Science & Technology (EST), Vallabh Vidyanagar-388120 (Gujarat) INDIA

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Dr. Timothy Sullivan holds a BA in history from Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts (1972); an MA in biology from Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado (1977); and a PhD in biological sciences from Oregon State University, Corvallis (1983) through an interdisciplinary program that included areas of focus in ecology, zoology, and environmental chemistry. He did his postdoctoral research at the Center for Industrial Research in Oslo, Norway, on surface and groundwater acidification, episodic hydrologic processes, and aluminum biogeochemistry. His expertise includes the effects of air pollution on aquatic and terrestrial resources, watershed analysis, critical loads, ecosystem services, nutrient cycling, aquatic acidbase chemistry, episodic processes controlling surface water chemistry, and environmental assessment. He has been president of E&S Environmental Chemistry, Inc., since 1988 and E&S Environmental Restoration, Inc., since 1996. He has served as project manager or lead author for a wide variety of projects that have synthesized for diverse audiences complex air and water pollution effects science. He was project manager of the effort to draft a scientific summary and Integrated Scientific Assessment (ISA) of the effects of nitrogen and sulfur oxides on terrestrial, transitional, and aquatic ecosystems for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in support of its review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). He was author of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) State of Science and Technology Report on past changes in surface water acid-base chemistry throughout the United States from acidic deposition. He served as project manager for preparation of air quality reviews for national parks throughout California and coauthored similar reviews for the Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains regions. He has summarized air pollution effects at all 272 Inventory and Monitoring national parks in the United States and has managed dozens of air and water pollution modeling and assessment studies throughout the United States for the National Park Service, US Forest Service, and EPA. He has published a book on the aquatic effects of acidic deposition and more than 125 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports describing the results of his research. Dr. Alan Herlihy is a senior research professor at Oregon State University in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. His current research projects focus on developing survey design methodology, assessment approaches, and ecological indicators for assessing surface water ecological condition at large regional scales. He was a primary technical contributor to the 1990 National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program s Integrated Assessment report to Congress, the EPA/Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) Mid-Atlantic Highlands Stream Assessment, and the Western Streams and Rivers Assessment. He was the primary author of the chapters in the EMAP stream and river field manual on water chemistry sampling, qualitative site assessment, and sample reach layout. Currently, he is involved with the data analysis and assessment of the National Aquatic Resource Surveys conducted by the EPA Office of Water. James Webb holds a BS in environmental science from Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia (1983) and an MS in environmental science from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville (1988). He is presently a senior scientist in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, where he served for 25 years as projects coordinator for the Shenandoah Watershed Study and the Virginia Trout Stream Sensitivity Study (http: //swas.evsc.virginia.edu). He has authored and coauthored numerous reports and journal articles concerning watershed response to atmospheric acidic deposition in the forested mountains of the central Appalachian Mountains region. He has participated in the design and management of water quality studies and surveys, monitoring programs, and assessments related to national park, national forest, and other conservation lands in the region. He served as an academic community representative on the Technical Oversight Committee and as coauthor of the Aquatic Effects Technical Report for the multiagency Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative. He has contributed to multiple National Park Service assessments, including participation as coprincipal investigator for the Shenandoah National Park: Fish in Sensitive Habitats project and the Assessment of Air Quality and Air Pollutant Impacts in the Shenandoah National Park. He was a coauthor of the Trout Unlimited report, Current and Projected Status of Coldwater Fish Communities in the Southeastern US in the Context of Continued Acid Deposition. He has contributed to EPA reports on status and changes in the acid-base chemistry of surface waters in the United States related to implementation of the Clean Air Act. His previous involvement in protocol and standard operating procedure development for environmental monitoring has included work for the National Park Service and the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

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