Below is a list of archived reports that were prepared by the Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring staff for distribution.

Biomonitoring Operations

Ambient Biomonitoring Network (AMNET) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data Reports. These reports document the ongoing monitoring and assessment work being conducted in each of the five major freshwater drainage basins in the State.

• • Lower Delaware River Drainage Basin:
    • Round 1 (1995-96) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 2 (2000-2001) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 3 (2006-2007) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data

• • Atlantic Coastal Drainage Basin:
    • Round 1 (1994-95) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 2 (1999-2000) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 3 (2004-2006) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 4 (2010-2011) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data

• • Raritan River Drainage Basin:
    • Round 1 (1993-94) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 2 (1998-99) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 3 (2004) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 4 (2009) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data

• • North East Drainage Basin:
    • Round 1 (1992-93) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 2 (1998-99) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 3 (2003-04) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 4 (2008) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data

• • Upper Delaware River Drainage Basin:
    • Round 1 (1992-93) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 2 (1997-98) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 3 (2002-03) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
    • Round 4 (2007-08) Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data

• Ecoregion Biological Reference Sites, Statewide:
  • Ecoregion Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data (1989-93)

• BAYNET Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data Report:
  • Atlantic Coastal Drainage Basin (South-Central Portion)
    1996-97 Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data

Fish IBI

 Technical Documents

• • IBI Study NJ; Passaic, Wallkill, Delaware and Raritan Drainages summer (1990-1993). Kurtenbach 1994
  • Development of an Inner Coastal Plain Fish IBI for Southern New Jersey. Vile 2012
  • Development of Bioassessment Criteria for Headwaters Streams, Phase III. Keller et al 2012
  • Development of indices of biotic integrity for high-gradient wadable rivers and headwater streams in New Jersey. Vile and Henning 2018
  • Development of the Biological Condition Gradient for Fish and Headwater Fauna in High Gradient Rivers and Streams of New Jersey. Vile and Henning 2021

Standard Operating Procedures

• • Fish Monitoring Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) 2019 Vile and Henning 2019

Posters and Presentations

• • Headwaters Development DWMS Division Meeting November 20, 2024
  • Northern Stream Quality New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo September 13, 2015
  • Southern Stream Quality New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo September 13, 2015
  • Headwaters Stream Quality New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo September 13, 2015
  • FIBI HIBI Development American Fisheries Society 145th Annual meeting in Portland, OR
  • MAC-AFS Poster (Sentinel) Mid Atlantic Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 2016 Annual Meeting (Cape May, NJ)
  • Headwaters Development DWMS Division Meeting November 20, 2024
  • Northern Stream Quality New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo September 13, 2015
  • Southern Stream Quality New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo September 13, 2015
  • Headwaters Stream Quality New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo September 13, 2015
  • FIBI HIBI Development American Fisheries Society 145th Annual meeting in Portland, OR
  • MAC-AFS Poster Mid Atlantic Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 2016 Annual Meeting (Cape May, NJ)

• Ambient Lakes Monitoring Reports – Round 1 data:
  • Panel 1, 2005 data
  • Panel 2, 2006 data
  • Panel 3, 2007 data
  • Panel 4, 2008 data
  • Panel 5, 2009 data