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

Taste and Odor Workgroup

The Taste and Odor Workgroup was created in 2006 to help translate up-to-date scientific research into practical water resource management and treatment strategies. The workgroup consists of scientists and representatives from university, state and federal agencies and water treatment facilities.

Quality Assurance Project Plans and Lab Manuals

• Assessment of the Floodplain Wetlands of the Lower Missouri River
• Nonwadeable streams - tributaries of the Missouri River
• Benthic laboratory manual

We accept contract work! Have a plethora of Plecoptera or a walloping amount of water samples?

• Macroinvertebrates: Contact Mary Anne Blackwood 785-864-1549.
  • Peruse our protocols: Benthic laboratory manual
• Water samples: Contact Niang Choo Lim 785-864-1550.

Project Spotlight: Tributaries of the Missouri River

This fall we sampled three sites along the Kansas River as a step towards the National Flowing Waters Assessment. We are modifying the methods in Peck et al. 2003 Nonwadeables manual to sample 40 sites along tributaries of the Missouri R. Check out the project page for more information.

Bob uses a densiometer to measure riparian cover.	Jason and Adam confirm fish identifications.