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INTRODUCTION
The Regional Habitat Indicators Project (RHIP) aims to enhance data sharing and regional reporting by identifying and recommending a small set of management questions, indicators, and objectives for surface water attributes that are of common interest across the Pacific Northwest. We are focusing on existing data to communicate current conditions, assess progress toward a desired condition, and allow comparisons within and among regions.

Last year we went through a process to identify management questions of greatest common interest. You can read about the outcome of that process in the summary of the first workshop. Now that we have our questions, we want to identify the best indicators to inform those questions. By taking this survey you will help us identify a short list of indicators for more in-depth evaluation and will inform the final selection of indicators that will be the focus of discussions about data accessibility and sharing and eventually targets and reporting.  

INSTRUCTIONS
1) The survey should take 15-30 minutes. If you can't finish it in one sitting, you can return to the survey to pick up where you left off. Just fill out as much as you can, click submit, and when you're ready to finish the survey, open the survey link using the same device and web browser that was used to start the survey. If you don't click submit, your answers will not be saved.
2) For each of the management questions listed below:
     i) Review the list of potential indicators (far left column).
     ii) For each indicator, use the drop down menu to select how important the indicator is for answering the question.
     iii) For each indicator, use the drop down menu to select whether your organization is currently reporting the indicator.
     iv) Use the optional comment box to provide comments, additional detail, or additional indicators you currently report. 
3) Answer a few questions about your organization and role.
4) Click submit at the bottom. 

LET'S GET STARTED...

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* 1. Keeping in mind the question "How is climate change affecting macroinvertebrate composition or abundance?", for each indicator listed below select from the drop down menus to specify 1) how important the indicator is for answering the question, and 2) whether your organization currently reports the indicator. There is also a box at the bottom to provide comments and additional detail.

  How important is this indicator for answering the question? Is your organization currently reporting this indicator?
Observed/Expected (O/E)
Macroinvertebrate Multimetric Index (MMI)
EPT Richness
Diversity
Abundance
Functional Feeding Group Diversity
% Dominance
% Tolerance
Biological Condition Gradient (BCG)
TS = Temperature Score
Flow regimes (flashiness)
Flow controlled index
Drought controlled index
Flow alteration dependent metrics (magnitude or flashiness)

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* 2. Keeping in mind the question "Do environmental conditions support diverse macroinvertebrate communities?", for each indicator listed below select from the drop down menus to specify 1) how important the indicator is for answering the question, and 2) whether your organization currently reports the indicator. There is also a box at the bottom to provide comments and additional detail.

  How important is this indicator for answering the question? Is your organization currently reporting this indicator?
Observed/Expected (O/E)
Macroinvertebrate Multimetric Index (MMI)
EPT Richness
Diversity
Abundance
Functional Feeding Group Diversity
% Dominance
% Tolerance
Biological Condition Gradient (BCG)

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* 3. Keeping in mind the question "What impairments do macroinvertebrates communities indicate (e.g. sediment, nutrients, heavy metals, flow, temperature, etc)?", for each indicator listed below select from the drop down menus to specify 1) how important the indicator is for answering the question, and 2) whether your organization currently reports the indicator. There is also a box at the bottom to provide comments and additional detail.

  How important is this indicator for answering the question? Is your organization currently reporting this indicator?
Temperature (TS = Temperature Score)
Sediment (BSTI = Biological sediment tolerance index)
Nutrients (HBI; more specific index/score needed)
Heavy Metals (% sensitive mayflies (absent), stoneflies (present); PSSB metals tolerance index)
Flow
Habitat quality (lack of complexity/microhabitat)
Community tolerance quotient (CTQ)

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* 4. Who is your employer?

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* 5. What is your role in your organization?

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* 6. Are you a member of the Macroinvertebrate Indicator Work Group?

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* 7. Additional comments?

Thank you for your time and participation!

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