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Fish Index of Biotic Integrity Sample Locations [New Jersey]

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Fish Index of Biotic Integrity Sample Locations [New Jersey]
Description
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring (BFBM) performs monitoring on non-tidal freshwater streams and rivers throughout the state using fish as biological indicators of stream health. This data is used for a wide variety of purposes, including the evaluation of aquatic life use assessment for the federally required NJ Integrated Water Quality Assessment Report and the designation of Category One antidegradation classification based on exceptional ecological significance. BFBM has established fish bioassessment protocols for three different stream types in New Jersey. The Bureau initiated Fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) monitoring in 2000 following the development of the Northern Fish IBI by U.S. EPA Region 2 which was based on the EPA's Rapid Bioassessment Protocols (RBP; USEPA 1999). This, the longest fish monitoring program in the NJDEP Division of Water Monitoring and Standards (DWMS), monitors resident fish assemblages in wadable streams larger than 4-square miles in drainage area. The Southern Fish IBI was developed by BFBM in 2012 for low gradient streams in the Inner Coastal Plain eco-region of NJ. Lastly, after several years of research and analysis by the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and BFBM, the Headwaters IBI was completed in 2014. This program is used to monitor small first and second order streams less than 4 square miles in drainage area within the same eco-regions of Northern New Jersey as the Northern Fish IBI. The two northern programs differ not only in the size of stream monitored, but also in the assemblages monitored. The Northern Fish IBI is solely a fish-based index, whereas the Headwaters IBI uses fish, crayfish, and streamside amphibians as bio-indicators.
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Bureau of Freshwater & Biological Monitoring, Water Monitoring & Standards
Temporal Coverage
Last modified 2025-04-28
Date Issued
2023-11-03
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Data Distribution Agreement. The data provided herein are distributed subject to the following conditions and restrictions: NJDEP assumes no responsibility to maintain them in any manner or form and disclaims any duty or obligation to either maintain availability of or to update the data. Terms of Agreement 1. All data is provided, as is, without any representation or warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory including, but not limited to, the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability or fitness for a particular use, freedom from computer virus nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital data layers furnished hereunder. User is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein, as documented in the accompanying cross-reference files (see SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION). Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact. 2. Digital data received from the NJDEP may not be reproduced or redistributed without all the metadata provided. 3. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize this digital data will credit the NJDEP's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer: 'This (map/publication/report) was developed using New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed.' 4. NJDEP makes no warranty that digital data are free of Copyright or Trademark claims or other restrictions or limitations on free use or display. Making a copy of this data may be subject to the copyright of trademark laws.
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Language
English
Date Added
November 21, 2023

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    New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Bureau of Freshwater & Biological Monitoring, Water Monitoring & Standards (2023). Fish Index of Biotic Integrity Sample Locations [New Jersey]. . https://gisdata-njdep.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/njdep::fish-index-of-biotic-integrity-sample-locations-1 (dataset)
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