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Status Report Refinement and Validation of Mesohaline Benthic Indices. SFEI: B. Thompson, S. Lowe, A. Melwani SCCWRP: S. Weisberg, A. Ranasinghe. Project Objective. Revise and validate mesohaline benthic indices for San Francisco Estuary Coordinate and collaborate with the SQO Project.
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Status ReportRefinement and Validation of Mesohaline Benthic Indices SFEI: B. Thompson, S. Lowe, A. Melwani SCCWRP: S. Weisberg, A. Ranasinghe
Project Objective • Revise and validate mesohaline benthic indices for San Francisco Estuary • Coordinate and collaborate with the SQO Project
Original Work Plan - 2008 • Task 1. Organize Benthic Work Group • Task 2. Work Group Meeting 1 Review past efforts, discuss concepts, plan analyses • Task 3. Data Analysis, BPJ Exercise BPJ gradient, test and identify metrics • Task 4. Meeting 2 Review analyses, agree on metrics • Task 5. Progress Report Budget: $20,000
Benthic Work Group Participants • Steve Weisberg, SCCWRP • Ananda Ranasinghe, SCCWRP • Bruce Thompson, SFEI • Sarah Lowe, SFEI • Aroon Melwani, SFEI • Karen Gehrts, DWR • Mike Kellogg, CCSF • Jim Oakden, MLML • Pete Ode, DFG • Karen Taberski, SFBRWQCB • Mike Johnson, UCD • Henry Lee, EPA Newport • David Montagne, retired, LA County San. Dist.
Revised Work Plan - 2008 • Task 1. Data Compilation and Analysis Update database, classification and ordination analyses • Task 2. Meeting 1 Identifyassemblages, index concepts, plan BPJ exercise • Task 3. Progress Report Budget: $17,472 remaining Completion by Mar 09
Draft Work Plan - 2009 • Task 1. BPJ Exercise Experts to determine mesohaline disturbance gradient • Task 2. Identify Metrics, Revise Indices Modify existing indices or develop a new one • Task 3. Work Group Meeting 2 Review BPJ results, metrics, draft index • Task 4. Report And Publications BPJ results and Index description Proposed Budget: $20,000