CONTENTS 



Page 



SUMMARY i 



INTRODUCTION 1 



PROJECT AREA AND SAMPLING SITES 3 



METHODS 3 



Quality Assurance 6 



RESULTS AITO DISCUSSION 6 



Field and Scunple Notes 7 



Non-Diatom Algae 7 



Big Diy Creek 7 



Little Dry Creek 8 



Diatoms 8 



Big Dry Creek 8 



Little Dry Creek 9 



BIOASSESSMENT 10 



LITERATURE CITED 12 



MAPS OF SAMPLING SITES (follow page 14) 



TABLES 



Table 1 

 Table 2 

 Table 3 



Table 4 



Table 5 



Table 6 



Location of sampling sites 



Diatom association metrics 



Diatom criteria for evaluating biological integrity 



in prairie streeims 



Abundance of non-diatom algae in Big Dry Creek and 



Little Dry Creek 



Major diatom species and diatom metric values for 



Big Dry Creek and Little Dry Creek 



Bioassessment of Big Dry Creek (Protocol II) 



APPENDIX A: DIATOM PROPORTIONAL COUNTS 



