Recommended Guidelines for Sampling and Analyses in the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program

Published:

August 1, 1996

Originator:

Chesapeake Bay Program

EPA Number:

EPA 903-R-96-006

The purpose of this document is to provide field and laboratory methods and associated quality control (QC) procedures and criteria that will result in the generation of data known and documented quality for use in the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program. Under this document, theParticipant will conduct field measurements and collect and analyze water and sediment samples for specific physical, chemical, and biological parameters in accordance with Appendix F and previous data collection efforts.