Getting To CPCB

Mailing Address Central Plains Center for BioAssessment Kansas Biological Survey 2101 Constant Ave. Lawrence, KS 66047 Phone: 785-864-1548 Fax: 785-864-1534 Director Dr. Donald Huggins 785-864-1548 dhuggins@ku.edu Assistant Director and Informatics Specialist Debbie Baker 785-864-1551 dbaker@ku.edu Macroinvertebrate Lab Christopher Rogers 785-864-1714 dcrogers@ku.edu Phycology Lab LeeAnn Bennett cell : 785-550-5572 work: 785-864-1552 lbennett@ku.edu CPCB stream sites - click on the layers tab. Congratulations on your KU Research Award Don Huggins!

Welcome to the Central Plains Center for BioAssessment. Our mission is to provide scientific expertise on aquatic resources of the Central Plains Region of the US.

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Visit us at the Kansas Biological Survey booth at the 2012 Kansas Natural Resources Conference in Wichita.

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Development of Benchmark Lake Nutrient Criteria for USEPA Region 7

USEPA RTAG7. 2011. Nutrient Reference Condition Identification and Ambient Water Quality Benchmark Development Process, Freshwater Lakes and Reservoirs within USEPA Region 7. US Environmental Protection Agency Regional Technical Advisory Group, Region 7, Kansas City, KS. 42 pp. (pdf)

See Workgroup Webpage for more information.

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2011 summer research -

Selenium in Dry Walnut Creek - Thanks Kansas Wetlands Education Center for your help.

National Wetland Condition Assessment

CPCB is participating in the EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment - the first-ever national survey on the condition of the Nation’s wetlands. We sampled 11 randomly selected wetlands (2 repeated) in South Dakota, and 10 reference wetlands in Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. See the USEPA NWCA website for more information and the CPCB project page for details.

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Click photos to enlarge: extracting a soil sample, soil core.

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• Services brochure (pdf)
• Benthic laboratory manual (pdf)
• We're NABS certified for General Arthropods and Oligochaeta.

 

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