Sampling Analysis Plan (SAP) was developed by King County for the tri-county Regional Examination of Harmful Algal Blooms (REHAB) project. It lays out the project design, sampling methods and laboratory analysis methods.
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN FOR THE REGIONAL EXAMINATION OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (REHAB)
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND 1.2 REGULATORY STATUS OF CYANOTOXIN CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES 1.3 STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION 1.4 PROJECT OBJECTIVES 2 STUDY DESIGN 2.1 APPROACH 2.2 TIMELINE 2.3 SAMPLING PROCEDURES 2.3.1 Water sample collection and storage procedure to test for toxins: 2.3.2 Water sample collection and storage procedure for quantitative identification of cyanobacteria. 3 LABORATORY ANALYSIS 3.1 SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR ALGAL TOXIN ELISA 3.1.1 Cell Lysing Procedure for Microcystins and Cylindrospermopsin
3.1.2 Sample Preparation: Preservation Procedure for Saxitoxin
3.4 LABORATORY MICROSCOPIC ANALYSES OF PHYTOPLANKTON SAMPLES
4 DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES
4.1 LABORATORY PRECISION4.2 FIELD PRECISION 4.3 BIAS 4.4 REPRESENTATIVENESS 4.4.1 Representativeness and precision of phytoplankton density estimates 4.6 COMPLETENESS 5 DATA REDUCTION, REVIEW, AND REPORTING 5.1 TOXIN DATA.
6 PROJECT ORGANIZATION. 7 QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES 7.1 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES 7.2 LABORATORY QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES 7.2.1 Frequency of quality control samples 7.3 CORRECTIVE ACTION 8 REFERENCES