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B-IBI information
The Puget Sound Stream Benthos web site was developed by a group of agencies interested in monitoring the health of streams in the Pacific Northwest. The City of Seattle, King County, Pierce County, and Snohomish County worked collaboratively to create a database system that allows sharing of benthic macroinvertebrate data among many organizations and provides tools for calculating metrics and indices. The site is used to store and analyze data from ongoing macroinvertebrate sampling programs.
Biomonitoring from Salmonweb.org (out of date and no longer active, but contains very useful background information on the B-IBI)
Other monitoring B-IBI monitoring programs
Stream biological monitoring from Washington State Department of Ecology
Macroinvertebrate Sampling Program from the National Parks Service
Invertebrates as Indicators from the EPA
Benthic Macroinvertebrate photos and identification
Freshwater Benthic Ecology and Aquatic Entomology Homepage from Nova Scotia
Macroinvertebrate Photo Gallery from Stroud Water Research Center
BugGuide knowledgebase of North American bugs
Additional learning
Middle school learning activity with stream bugs from Minnesota Science Teachers Education Project
Society for Freshwater Science An international scientific organization whose purpose it is to promote our understanding of freshwater ecosystems
Adopt-A-Stream Foundation at the Northwest Stream Center
The Xerces Society An international nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting biological diversity through invertebrate conservation