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<strong>Fraser</strong> River Action Plan 3rd Research Workshop<br />

Software Development<br />

• based on B.E.A.S.T. software currently being developed for Great<br />

Lakes<br />

• developed in collaboration with D. Lam <strong>and</strong> colleagues in<br />

Environmental Information Technology Branch, N.W.R.I.<br />

• user-friendly<br />

• database will be internalized in software<br />

Stage 1<br />

• Data Entry<br />

- Entry of test site data:<br />

- taxonomic data<br />

- core variables<br />

- supplementary variables<br />

- Spreadsheet files<br />

- Database form entry<br />

Stage 2<br />

• Prediction<br />

• Selection of best predictors<br />

- core predictors - latitude, longitude, depth<br />

- optional variables<br />

• Discriminant Analysis<br />

• Assigning test site group membership<br />

Stage 3<br />

• Construction of new data sets - biological & chemical<br />

Test Data + Reference Data Sets = Combined Data<br />

Stage 4<br />

• Ordination of merged biological data<br />

Stage 5<br />

• Graphical comparison of indicator species<br />

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