Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaSentinel Stream MonitoringMonitoring the long-term effects of climate change on macroinvertebrate communities in pristine reference streams.Sentinel Stream MonitoringFiskeSteveMooreAaronstream ecologylong term monitoringSentinel Stream Metrics 1982 - Current1982-01-01Vermont DEC collects macroinvertebrate community samples during an annual index period that runs from September 1st through mid-October. Samples are collected from riffle habitats, and sorted and identified in the laboratory. DEC biologists use population data, as well as a number of community variables (called metrics) to assess stream health.Z0342_RanchBrookDetails_AndSentinelStreams_DataVMC.342.1340mySQLSteve Fiske. 2017. Sentinel Stream Metrics 1982-current. VT Department of Environmental Conservation. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/sentinel-stream-monitoring/dataset/sentinel-stream-metricshttps://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/sentinel-stream-monitoring/dataset/sentinel-stream-metrics30DayMedian30DayMediandecimal0.01Annual Peak DischargeAnnual Peak DischargeintAnnual_Peak_DischargeAnnual_Peak_DischargeintCommunityAssessmentCommunityAssessmenttextCPOMCPOMintDateDatedateM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ssDayIntoIndexDayIntoIndexintDrainageAreaDrainageAreadecimal0.001ElevationElevationintLabIDLabIDdecimalLatitudeLatitudedecimalLocationLocationtextLongitudeLongitudedecimalMeanBaetidae%MeanBaetidae%decimalMeanDensityMeanDensitydecimalMeanEPT/EPT+ChiroMeanEPT/EPT+ChirodecimalMeanEPTRichnessMeanEPTRichnessdecimalMeanNew_BIMeanNew_BIdecimalMeanOligochaeta%MeanOligochaeta%decimalMeanRichnessMeanRichnessdecimalMeanShredderDetritus%MeanShredderDetritus%decimalModelTypeID1ModelTypeID1textPMA-O1PMA-O1decimalPPCS-1PPCS-1decimalSiteIDSiteIDintStationStationdecimal