{"id":877,"date":"2024-10-29T12:01:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T12:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castco.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=877"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:26:06","slug":"methods-list","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/castco.org\/knowledge-base\/methods-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Methods list and categories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the audit process, CaSTCo has been working on describing testing and auditing methods. Many more are in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biological monitoring methods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fish<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/castco.org\/knowledge-base\/monitoring-for-fish\/\">Overview: Fish monitoring<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long-list: Fish monitoring methods (under development)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macroinvertebrates<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/castco.org\/knowledge-base\/why-is-it-useful-to-monitor-freshwater-macroinvertebrates\/\">Overview: Macroinvertebrate monitoring<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long list: Macroinvertebrate monitoring methods (under development)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/castco.org\/knowledge-base\/riverfly\/\">Method audit: Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (RMI)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bacteria<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a 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