Melissa Parsons, Martin Thoms and Richard Norris
Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology
University of Canberra
Monitoring River Health Initiative Technical Report Number 22
Environment Australia, 2002
ISSN 1447-1280
ISBN 0 642 54888 9
This chapter provides detailed instructions on the measurement of each field-based and office-based variable. An individual instruction sheet is provided for each variable, and is set out as as follows:
| VARIABLE NAME | Name of the variable |
| CATEGORY | Broad category in which the variable falls |
| CONTROL OR RESPONSE | Whether the variable is control or response |
| FIELD OR OFFICE | Whether the variable is collected in the field or in the office |
| UNITS OF MEASUREMENT | The unit of measurement for the variable |
| INDICATES | What the variable indicates about physical stream condition, or geomorphological processes |
| METHODS | The method used to measure each physical variable. Diagrams and pictures are included where appropriate. |
In the following pages, the control variables are listed first, followed by the response variables.