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of Multiple Indicators to Assess and Diagnose Causes and Sources of Impairments to 

Aquatic Assemblages in Selected Ohio Rivers and Streams. In: Biological response 

signatures: Indicator patterns using aquatic communities, ed., Simon, T.P. CRC Press 

LLC. Boca Raton, FL. 

Yoder, C.O., and E.T. Rankin. 1998. The role of biological indicators in a state water quality 

management process. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 51:61-88. 

Zar, J.H. 1984. Biostatistical Analysis, 2nd ed. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 

Appendix B-3. FDEP’s Stream Diatom Index (SDI) 

USEPA. 2009. Proposed Methods and Approaches for Developing Numeric Nutrient Criteria for 

Florida’s Inland Waters. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office 

of Science and Technology, Health and Ecological Criteria Division, Washington, D.C. 

Appendix B-4. Statistical Analysis of Nutrient Water Quality Parameters by Florida 

Watersheds 

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Appendix B-5. Alternative Calculations for EPA’s Proposed Nutrient Watershed 

Region Distribution Approach 

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Appendix B-6. Statistical Analysis of Ambient Water Quality Data in Florida 

Streams by FDEP’s Nutrient Regions 

USEPA. 2007. Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Wetlands. EPA-822-R-07-004. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, DC. 

USEPA. 2001. Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Estuarine and Coastal Marine 

Waters. EPA-822-B-01-003U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, 

Washington, D.C. 

USEPA. 2000a. Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Rivers and Streams. EPA-822-

B-00-002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, D.C. 

USEPA. 2000b. Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs. EPA-822-

B-00-001. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, D.C. 

USEPA. 2000c. Ambient Water Quality Criteria Recommendations. Information Supporting the 

Development of State and Tribal Nutrient Criteria: Rivers and Streams in Nutrient 

Ecoregion II. EPA-822-B-00-015. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 

Water, Washington, D.C. 

USEPA. 2000d. Ambient Water Quality Criteria Recommendations. Information Supporting the 

Development of State and Tribal Nutrient Criteria: Rivers and Streams in Nutrient 

Ecoregion III. EPA-822-B-00-016. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 

Water, Washington, D.C. 

Appendix B-7. Distribution Statistics for Streams and Rivers Using U.S. EPA's 

Nutrient Watershed Regions 

USEPA. 2000. Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Rivers and Streams. EPA-822-B00-002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, D.C. 

Appendix B-8. Extrapolating Natural Background Nutrient Concentrations 

Dodds, W.K. and R.M. Oakes. 2004. A technique for establishing reference nutrient 

concentrations across watersheds affected by humans. Limnology and Oceanography: 

Methods 2:333-341. 

Soranno, P.A., K.S. Cheruvelil, R.J. Stevenson, S.L. Rollins, S.W. Holden, S. Heaton, and E. 

Torng. 2008. A framework for developing ecosystem-specific nutrient criteria: 

Integrating biological thresholds with predictive modeling. Limnology and 

Oceanography 53:773-787. 
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Appendix B-9. Analysis of FDEP Benchmark Sites and WBID/Segment 303(d) List 

Status 

FDEP. 2009. 303(d) List. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL. 

<http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/assessment/303drule.htm>. Accessed 

January 2010. 

USEPA. 2009a. EPA’s Decision Document on Florida’s Updated 202(d) List. U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, D.C. 

<http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/tmdl/florida/documents/fl09303d_decisiondoc_0902

09.pdf>. Accessed January 2010. 

USEPA. 2009b. Decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Add Waters to 

Florida's Section 303(d) List. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, 

Washington, D.C. 

<http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/tmdl/florida/documents/fl09303d_publicnotice_0909

09.pdf>. Accessed January 2010. 

Appendix B-10. Analysis of Land Disturbance Index Computation Approach for 

FDEP’s Benchmark WBIDs 

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Appendix B-11. Analysis of FDEP’s Rapid Periphyton Survey Data 

None 

Appendix B-12. Multiple Regression Model for Stream SCI 

FDEP. 2007. Development and Testing of Biomonitoring Tools for Macroinvertebrates in 

Florida Streams (Stream Condition Index and Biorecon), Final Report. Prepared by Fore, 

L.S., R. Frydenborg, D. Miller, T. Frick, D. Whiting, J. Espy, and L. Wolfe. Florida 

Department of Environmental Protection, Nonpoint Source Bioassessment Program, 

Tallahassee, FL. 

Appendix B-13. Mapping Continuous Biological Index Values to BCG Tiers 

Guisan, A. and F.E. Harrell. 2000. Ordinal response regression models in ecology. Journal of 

Vegetation Science 11:617–626. 

Appendix B-14. Memo to FDEP Regarding Interval and Equivalence Tests for the 

SCI 

Barnett, V. and M. Bown. 2002. Statistically meaningful standards for contaminated sites using 

composite sampling. Environmetrics 13:1-13. 
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Bowman, M.F. and K.M. Somers. 2005. Considerations when using the reference condition 

approach for bioassessment of freshwater ecosystems. Water Quality Research Journal of 

Canada 40:347–360. 

Bowman, M.F. and K.M. Somers. 2006. Evaluating a novel Test Site Analysis (TSA) 

bioassessment approach. Journal of the North American Benthological Society

25:712-727. 

Gibbons, R.D. 2003. A statistical approach for performing water quality impairment 

assessments. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 39:841–849. 

Goudey, R. 2007. Do statistical inferences allowing three alternative decision give better 

feedback for environmentally precautionary decision-making? Journal of Environmental 

Management 65:338-344. 

Kilgour, B.W., K.M. Somers, and D.E. Matthews. 1998. Using the normal range as a criterion 

for ecological significance in environmental monitoring and assessment. Ecoscience

5:542–550. 

Lin, P., D. Meeter, and X.F. Niu. 2000. A Nonparametric Procedure for Listing and Delisting 

Impaired Waters Based on Criterion Exceedances. Technical report submitted to Florida 

Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL. 

Parkhurst, D.F. 2001. Statistical significance tests: Equivalence and reverse tests should reduce 

misinterpretation. BioScience 51:1051–1057. 

Shabman, L. and E. Smith. 2003. Implications of applying statistically based procedures for 

water quality assessment. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

129(4):330-336. 

Smith, E.P., K. Ye, C. Hughes, and L. Shabman. 2001. Statistical assessment of violations of 

water quality standards under Section 303d of the Clean Water Act. Journal of 

Environmental Science and Technology 35:606–612. 

Smith, E.P., A. Zahran, M. Mahmoud, and K. Ye. 2003. Evaluation of water quality using 

acceptance sampling by variables. Environmetrics 14:373-386. 

SWRCB. 2004. Functional Equivalent Document: Water Quality Control Policy for Developing 

California’s Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List. California Division of Water Quality, 

State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, CA. 

<http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/tmdl/303d_policydocs.shtml>. 

Accessed January 2010. 

Warn, A.E. 1989. Auditing the quality of effluent discharges. Environmental Monitoring and 

Assessment 12:165–181. 
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Appendix B-15. FDEP's Site Information and Taxa Lists for Stream Benchmark 

Site Samples 

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Appendix B-16. FDEP's Site Information and Taxa Lists for SCI BCG Workshop 

Samples 

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Appendix B-17. FDEP's Stream Benchmark Summaries 

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Appendix B-18. In-Stream and Downstream Protection Value (IPV/DPV) Tables 

with DPV Geo-Reference Table to Florida WBIDs 

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