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Developing A Monitoring Protocol For The Monkey River Watershed, Belize, Central America, Sean Elliott Collins
Developing A Monitoring Protocol For The Monkey River Watershed, Belize, Central America, Sean Elliott Collins
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The study of tropical aquatic systems has been limited. Research in developing countries can be challenging due to inadequate resources and cultural variety. Generally, efforts are concentrated on developing and maintaining economic stability rather than ecological sustainability. The aim of this project was to preliminarily develop and utilize a rapid bioassessment protocol (RBP) for the Monkey River watershed in Belize by determining which metrics best described overall stream health. Like biomonitoring protocols already established for temperate systems, a regional tropical aquatic watershed monitoring program should provide information including stream and watershed health. These protocols score systems on a variety of …