Technical Information
Dragonflies, Dipnets, and GIS
Providing
geographical information systems analysis and database
design.
Introduction
The
Florida Bioassessment Program has a geographic
information system (GIS) support section that focuses on
"WHERE?" things are.
A
geographic information system is a computer-based tool
for mapping and analyzing things that exist and events
that happen on earth. GIS technology integrates common
database operations such as query and statistical
analysis with the unique visualization and geographic
analysis benefits offered by maps. These abilities
distinguish GIS from other information systems and make
it valuable for explaining events, predicting outcomes,
and planning strategies.
About
this site
We
hope this site will provide you with information on how
our GIS assists the Bioassessments Program and the entire
Department.
Database
Download Requests
Retrievals from the Statewide Biological Database may be
requested from the Biology Section of the Bureau of
Laboratories. To request a retrieval of biological data, the
following information must be supplied:
- Your name, E-mail address, and telephone number;
- Biological community of interest (macrobenthos, phytoplankton,
periphyton, or macrophytes);
- Geographic area (Florida county) or waterbody;
- Range of dates
- type of data to be included in the retrieval, such as:
- calculated metrics (i.e., taxa richness, Stream Condition Index,
Florida Index);
- taxa lists (with counts if original data were collected as
quantitative);
- percent composition of major taxonomic groups;
- percent composition of functional feeding groups; or
- stations/dates where a particular taxon has occurred.
E-mail Liz Miller (Elizabeth.Miller@dep.state.fl.us)
with your retrieval request. Data will be provided in a tab-delimited
text file attached to a return message.
Contract
Funded Project Reports
Taxonomic
Refinement of the EPT Section of the FDEP Statewide
Biological Database
- Summarizes
the results of Dr. Manuel Pescador's (of Florida
A&M University) evaluation of the EPT taxonomic
nomenclature used in Florida's Statewide Biological
Database. This report is available through this
site in PDF format.
Online
Supply Closet
Files in
the Online Supply Closet can be downloaded from the
FDEP
Bureau of Laboratories Library
- Standard Operating Procedures (Field and
Laboratory Protocols)
- Macroinvertebrate Identification Keys
- Field and Laboratory Forms
- Phys Chem Field Sheet
- Stream Condition Index Worksheet
- Stream BioRecon Form
- Stream Habitat Assessment
- Stream Site Map/Habitat Sketch
- Composite Lake Form
- Lake BioRecon Form
- Lake Habitat Assessment
- Salt Water Habitat
Assessment
- Macroinvertebrate ID QC Form
- Macroinvertebrate Sorting QC Form
- Biological
Database Manual
- Florida
Invertebrate List
- Florida Index Values for
Macroinvertebrate Taxa
- List of
Current and Historic Macroinvertebrate Taxa in Florida
For
more information please contact Devan Cobb at 850/245-8542 or
devan.r.cobb@dep.state.fl.us.
