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Year Title
Apr 2025 ContDataQC: An R package and Shiny app for quality control of continuous water quality sensor data
Jan 2025 EPA released "Regional Monitoring Networks (RMN) for Inland Lakes in the Northeast and Midwest: Assessment of Data Needs and Sampling Methods" as a final report.
Mar 2024 Improved thermal preferences and a stressor index derived from modeled stream temperatures and regional taxonomic standards for freshwater macroinvertebrates of the Pacific Northwest, USA
Sep 2020 Effects of extreme high flow events on macroinvertebrate communities in Vermont streams
Sep 2019 Limitations of trait-based approaches for stressor assessment: The case of freshwater invertebrates and climate drivers
Jan 2018 EPA released "Procedures for Delineating and Characterizing Watersheds for Stream and River Monitoring Programs" as a final report.
Feb 2016 EPA released "Regional Monitoring Networks (RMN) to Detect Changing Baselines in Freshwater Wadeable Streams" as a final report.
Sep 2014 EPA released "Best Practices for Continuous Monitoring of Temperature and Flow in Wadeable Streams" as a final report.
Sep 2012 EPA released "Implications of Climate Change for State Bioassessment Programs and Approaches to Account for Effects" as a final report.
Jul 2012 EPA released the Freshwater Biological Traits Database (Traits)
Dec 2010 Published journal articles in special section of Journal of the North American Benthological Society
Apr 2008 EPA released Climate Change Effects on Stream and River Biological Indicators: A Preliminary Analysis as a final report
Feb 2008 EPA hosted a workshop on Bioindicators and Climate Change in Arlington, VA on February 19-21, 2008 for state biologists and EPA Regional Monitoring Coordinators. This workshop built on themes from the March 2007 workshop.
Mar 2007 EPA hosted a workshop titled "Climate Change Effects on Biological Indicators" in Baltimore, MD on March 27-29, 2007 for state biologists and EPA Regional Monitoring Coordinators. This workshop introduced concepts of climate science and effects of stream temperature and flow changes on aquatic biological communities.

Fact Sheets

The following materials (fact sheets) and presentations support the Regional Monitoring Networks. 

  • Regional Monitoring Networks (RMN) To Detect Changing Baselines in Freshwater Wadeable Streams Fact Sheet.
  • Using Regional Monitoring Network (RMN) Data to Track Climate Change Effects (pdf) (1.15 MB)
  • Using Regional Monitoring Network (RMN) Data to Inform Programs and Initiatives to Protect and Restore U.S. Waters (pdf) (1.16 MB)
  • Collaborative Monitoring Efforts to Detect Changing Baselines (pdf) (1.78 MB)

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Last updated on April 8, 2025
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