Selected Archives of Volunteer Monitoring Listserv Discussions - Looking for Sources for Crisp Images of Macroinvertebrates

Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 23:40:23 -0400
From: "Joanna A. Cornell" <jcornell@gmu.edu>
Subject: [volmonitor] Crisp images of macroinvertebrates

Hello Everyone,

I am looking for crisp black and white images of macroinvertebrates. They need to remain crisp after photocopying by teachers. These will be used by a large school system, so the images can not be copyrighted.

I will also take this opportunity to ask for suggestions about excellent benthic macroinvertebrates or biological monitoring websites. There are a number that I like to recommend, but I’m sure there are many that I have not yet discovered.

Joanna A. Cornell
Watershed Specialist
Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District
12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 905
Fairfax, VA 22035
http://mason.gmu.edu/~jcornell/StreamMonitoring
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/NVSWCD
joanna.cornell@fairfaxcounty.gov
703-324-1425 (w)
703-324-1421 (f)

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:50:14 -0400
From: "Joanna A. Cornell" <jcornell@gmu.edu>
Subject: [volmonitor] Looking for images of benthic macroinvertebrates - for
flashcards

Hello Everyone,

I am looking for high-resolution drawings of benthic macroinvertebrates that I could use for flashcards for our stream monitors. Our monitoring program uses the VASOS protocol, but we can’t use the images for any other purposes besides our ID cards and data cards. I’m happy to share the flashcards.

http://mason.gmu.edu/~jcornell/StreamMonitoring and http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/NVSWCD

Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 07:28:26 -0700
From: HANSON Steve <HANSON.Steve@deq.state.or.us>
Subject: RE: [volmonitor] Crisp images of macroinvertebrates

The Xerces page is good (http://www.xerces.org/). They have good aquatic pages.

Steve Hanson
Volunteer Monitoring Specialist
Oregon DEQ Laboratory

Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 09:35:48 -0500
From: Irwin Polls <ipolls@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: [volmonitor] Crisp images of macroinvertebrates

JOANNA:

I would suggest you look at the website for the North American Benthological Society (www.benthos.org). The education and outreach section has slide shows of benthic macroinvertebrates.

IRWIN

Irwin Polls
ECOLOGICAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:35:25 -0700
From: Erick Burres <eburres@waterboards.ca.gov>
Subject: RE: [volmonitor] Crisp images of macroinvertebrates

Joanna,

Feel you can find images within the California Streamside Biosurvey.
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/nps/docs/cwtguidance/351bsurvey.doc - 2515.5KB - Water Resources Control Board

Erick Burres
Citizen Monitoring Coordinator
SWRCB- Clean Water Team

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:56:22 -0500
From: "Miles, Karen" <karen.miles@deq.state.ok.us>
Subject: RE: [volmonitor] Looking for images of benthic macroinvertebrates -
for flashcards
To: Volunteer water monitoring <volmonitor@lists.epa.gov>

If you want photos of them, the EPA has some at:

http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/html/benthosclean.html

Karen Miles

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:07:27 -0400
From: David Kirschtel <kirschte@msu.edu>
Subject: Re: [volmonitor] Looking for images of benthic macroinvertebrates -
for flashcards

There are a number of relevant keys with line drawings listed at the EPA website "Biological Indicators of Watershed Health": http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/html/benthosclean.html

In particular: Family-Level Key to the Stream Invertebrates of Maryland and
Surrounding Areas - MD-DNR
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/streams/pubs/ea99-2rev2003.pdf

Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates - West Virginia Department of
Environmental Protection
http://www.wvdep.org/Docs/12218_Guide_to_Aquatic_Invertebrates.pdf

Also, I found the following doc by following the "Craneflies" link:
http://people.virginia.edu/~sos-iwla/Stream-Study/StreamStudyHomePage/ StreamStudy.HTML

Given that most of these are produced by state/local governments I expect that it would relatively easy to get permission, if any is needed at all, to reproduce the images.

Hope this helps,

David
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David Kirschtel, Ph.D.
National Ecological Observatory Network - National Project Office
1444 I St, NW, #200 - Washington, DC 20005
email: kirschte@msu.edu - dkirschtel@neoninc.org
tel: 202.628.1500x240

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:46:52 -0500
From: "Leonard C. Ferrington Jr., Ph.D." <ferri016@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: [volmonitor] Looking for images of benthic macroinvertebrates -
for flashcards

Greetings Joanna and othe Volunteers,

We prepared an identification guide for Citizen Volunteers that has more than 200 high quality line drawings that might be of the type that you are seeking. The guide can be found on-line at http://www.entomology.umn.edu/midge/GuidePage.htm Mr. Will Bouchard made all the drawings.

I would recommend that you look at the drawings and determine if they are the type that will suite your needs. If they are, then please contact me and we can determine how to send high resolution copies for you to use.

We also have compiled verification software that has high resolution digital images and is available on-line at: http://www.entomology.umn.edu/midge/VSMIVP.htm

Sincerely,

Len Ferrington

Leonard C. Ferrington Jr., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Entomology
University of Minnesota
219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota USA 55108-6125
TELEPHONE: (612) 624-3265
FAX: (612) 625-5299

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:51:00 -0700
From: Eleanor Ely <ellieely@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: [volmonitor] Looking for images of benthic macroinvertebrates -
for flashcards

There is wonderful macroinvertebrate artwork, more three-dimensional and lifelike than the typical drawings found in identification keys, in the manual "Measuring the Health of California Streams and Rivers" by Jim Harrington and Monique Born. The illustrations are by Peter Ode and you can see one of them on the cover of the Summer 2005 issue of The Volunteer Monitor (www.epa.gov/owow/volunteer/vm_index.html) and another on page 20 of the same issue, in the left-hand column. I'm not sure how available these are for others to use, but if they look suitable for your purposes you can get more information by contacting Jim Harrington at slsi@cwnet.com.

In the same issue, the list of resources on pages 20-21 includes a number of guides and keys with illustrations, both drawings and photos. Some of these illustrations might be available to you.

The Volunteer Monitor is available online at www.EPA.gov/OWOW/volunteer/vm_index.html

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:44:37 -0400
From: "Schenk, Ann" <aschenk@dnr.state.md.us>
Subject: RE: [volmonitor] Looking for images of benthic macroinvertebrates -
for flashcards
To: Volunteer water monitoring <volmonitor@lists.epa.gov>
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Thread-topic: [volmonitor] Looking for images of benthic macroinvertebrates -
for flashcards

There are a few Merrit and Cummins illustrations used in our"Family-Level Key to the Stream Invertebrates of Maryland and Surrounding Areas" that we had to get specific permission to use for
this publication only. Please do NOT use those marked illustrations.

If there are any other images in that publication you wish to use, I have higher resolution files than are in the web version of the document. It would be nice to give appropriate credit for any of our images.

Ann Schenk
Natural Resource Biologist III
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Ave., C-2
Annapolis, MD 21401
phone: 410-260-8609

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:03:55 -0500
From: Kris Stepenuck <kris.stepenuck@ces.uwex.edu>
Subject: RE: [volmonitor] Looking for images of benthic macroinvertebrates -
for flashcards

Hi Joanna and all-

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