Salt Pond Watchers Lab Protocol Manual For The Uri Graduate Assistant

This manual is an introduction to the Salt Pond Watchers program, as well as a quick reference guide for duties and lab procedures. The manual is divided into three basic lab procedures: bacteria analysis, water chemistry analysis, and chlorophyll analysis. There is an additional section on data management. Field sampling protocols are all contained in the Protocol Manual for Salt Pond Watchers, CRC Technical Report #12. This manual is the result of years of testing sampling methods by Salt Pond Watchers, some of whom have volunteered their time to sample Rhode Island's salt ponds since 1979. Their careful work and dedication to improve the environmental quality of the salt ponds has provided an unprecedented data set on the salt ponds and valuable information for state and town decision makers.