Predicted Biological Condition
URL: https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/streamcat-dataset#access-streamcat-data
This dataset consists of predicted probabilities of good biological condition based in the US EPA 2008/2009 National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA). NRSA assesses the biological condition of rivers and streams using several approaches, including a benthic invertebrate multimetric index (BMMI). The development of the NRSA BMMI is documented in the 2008/2009 NRSA Report (https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/national-rivers-and-streams-assessment-2008-2009-results) and by Stoddard et al. (2008) (http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1899/08-053.1). This assessment resulted in the classification of 1,380 streams as being in good or poor biological condition. These sites were paired with StreamCat data and a random forest model was developed to predict the probable condition of streams based on the binary response of condition to catchment and watershed features. This model was then applied to NHDPlusV2 stream segments that were within the NRSA sampling frame, i.e., streams that were candidates for sampling during the 2008/2009 NRSA (~1.1 million stream segments). Model development was documented in Fox et al. (2017) (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-017-6025-0) and Hill et al. (2017)(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.1617/full).
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| Name | Predicted Biological Condition |
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| Created | 7 months ago |
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