Links to other bug Web sites
Benthic Macroinvertebrates

As you look around on the web, you will notice how much people (especially scientists) love bugs! There are countless excellent web sites you can look at to increase your buggy knowledge. Here are some really good web sites that cover topics relating to aquatic macroinvertebrates and beyond:

Invertebrates as Indicators from the EPA (this is an extensive, very informative site)

Field Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates for the Pacific Northwest, by Leska Fore

Stream Study based on material developed by the Save Our Streams Program

Biomonitoring from Salmonweb.org

Freshwater Benthic Ecology and Aquatic Entomology Homepage from Nova Scotia

North American Benthological Society

B-IBI

These links may shed some light on the Benthic Index of Biological Integrity:

The Puget Sound Stream Benthos web site was developed by a group of agencies interested in monitoring the health of streams in the Pacific Northwest. The City of Seattle, King County, Pierce County, and Snohomish County worked collaboratively to create a database system that allows sharing of benthic macroinvertebrate data among many organizations and provides tools for calculating metrics and indices. The site is used to store and analyze data from ongoing macroinvertebrate sampling programs.

A brief history of the IBI from an EPA website from Simon and Lyons 1995.

What is an Index of Biological Integrity (IBI)? from New England Regional Water Program.

Stream biological monitoring from Washington State Department of Ecology

Insects in General

Check these links for some great web sites about insects in general (not just aquatic insects):

Adopt-A-Stream Foundation at the Northwest Stream Center

The Xerces Society An international nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting biological diversity through invertebrate conservation

Yucky Roach World Roaches Revealed

Bugbios Shameless promotion of insect appreciation

For questions about information on this page, please contact Deborah Lester, Risk Assessment Lead, or Jo Wilhelm, Environmental Scientist..