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. 2014 Apr 22;9(4):e95525. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095525

Table 1. Total annual sites sampled (statewide and regional programs) per water body type.

Average Annual No. of Sites
State Stream Lake Wetland Source
AK 34 10 0 http://dec.alaska.gov/water/wqsar/monitoring
AL 700 0 0 https://fp.auburn.edu/icaae/biosites.aspx
AR 17 0 0 http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/water
AZ 100 16 0 http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/water
CA 1411 0 87 http://www.waterboards.ca.gov
CO 54 45 0 http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/op/wqcc
CT 305 0 0 http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/water
DE 360 27 0 http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov
FL 386 4400 16 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/
GA 120 0 0 http://www.georgiawildlife.com/node/734
HI 0 0 0 http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
IA 88 393 0 http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/wqm/Biological
ID 250 0 0 http://www.deq.idaho.gov/media
IL 100 0 0 http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/water-quality
IN 311 0 0 http://www.in.gov/idem/files
KS 123 38 2 http://www.kdheks.gov/befs
KY 441 0 0 http://water.ky.gov
LA 9 0 0 http://deq.louisiana.giv/portal
MA 28 0 50 http://www.mass.gov/dfwele
MD 782 0 345 http://www.dnr.state.md.us
ME 50 0 25 http://www.maine.gov/dep/water/monitoring/biomonitoring
MI 339 0 0 http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq
MN 423 0 95 http://www.pca.state.mn.us
MO 80 0 0 http://www.dnr.mo.gov
MS 38 0 0 http://www.deq.state.ms.us
MT 49 0 0 http://www.deq.mt.gov/wqinfo/monitoring
NC 160 0 0 http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/benthosdata
ND 30 10 0 http://www.ndhealth.gov/WQ/SW
NE 39 4 0 http://www.deq.state.ne.us
NH 50 35 37 http://des.nh.gov
NJ 441 4 50 http://www.state.nj.us/dep/wms
NM 34 18 0 http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/
NV 198 0 0 http://ndep.nv.gov/bwqp
NY 497 0 0 http://www.dec.ny.gov
OH 835 32 0 http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/bioasses/ohstrat.aspx
OK 547 104 0 http://www.owrb.ok.gov/quality/monitoring/bump.php
OR 24 6 0 http://www.deq.state.or.us
PA 127 0 0 http://files.dep.state.pa.us/Water
RI 0 0 0 http://www.gso.uri.edu
SC 80 0 30 http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/scecap/methods.html
SD 175 148 0 http://denr.sd.gov
TN 30 35 0 http://tn.gov/environment
TX 2 0 0 http://www.cpcb.ku.edu/research/html/wadeablestreams.htm
UT 85 5 0 http://www.waterquality.utah.gov/Monitoring
VA 55 29 0 http://www.deq.state.va.us
VT 164 10 0 http://www.vtwaterquality.org
WA 143 55 40 http://www.dnr.wa.gov
WI 487 291 0 http://dnr.wi.gov
WV 150 0 0 http://www.dep.wv.gov/WWE/watershed
WY 18 56 0 http://deq.state.wy.us/wqd/watershed
All States 10969 5771 777
Regional Programs 1846 199 14 see Table 2
Total 12815 5970 791