Evaluation and application of methods for biological assessment of streams: summary of papers

During the past decade, new biological assessment methods have been developed for use in inland waters. Less work has gone into objective testing of the individual methods and their diagnostic or other capabilities, and very little effort has been devoted to comparing methods. This special issue of Hydrobiologia brings together a number of the most recently developed bioassessment methods, or aspects of them, so readers can begin to compare their potential value and practical usefulness.

[1]  A. H. Arthington,et al.  Accurately Defining the Reference Condition for Summary Biotic Metrics: A Comparison of Four Approaches , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[2]  Richard H. Norris,et al.  Monitoring river health , 2000, Hydrobiologia.

[3]  B. Harch,et al.  Taxonomic Resolution and Quantification of Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Samples from an Australian Dryland River: The Benefits and Costs of Using Species Abundance Data , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[4]  C. Mebane.  Testing Bioassessment Metrics: Macroinvertebrate, Sculpin, and Salmonid Responses to Stream Habitat, Sediment, and Metals , 2001, Environmental monitoring and assessment.

[5]  Stuart E. Bunn,et al.  Measures of Nutrient Processes as Indicators of Stream Ecosystem Health , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[6]  D. Roux,et al.  Adaptive assessment and management of riverine ecosystems : The Crocodile/Elands River case study , 1999 .

[7]  A comparison of diatom and macroinvertebrate classification of sites in the Kiewa River system, Australia , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[8]  V. Dethlefsen,et al.  Introduction To The Bremerhaven Workshop On Biological Effects Of Contaminants , 1992 .

[9]  A. H. Arthington,et al.  Development and Application of a Predictive Model of Freshwater Fish Assemblage Composition to Evaluate River Health in Eastern Australia , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[10]  P. Fairweather.  State of environment indicators of ‘river health’: exploring the metaphor , 1999 .

[11]  Rainer Walz,et al.  Development of Environmental Indicator Systems: Experiences from Germany , 2000, Environmental management.

[12]  R. Norris,et al.  Ecological Effects of Serial Impoundment on the Cotter River, Australia , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[13]  Vincent Carignan,et al.  Selecting Indicator Species to Monitor Ecological Integrity: A Review , 2002, Environmental monitoring and assessment.

[14]  R. Norris,et al.  Local stream habitat variables predicted from catchment scale characteristics are useful for predicting fish distribution , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[15]  K. R. Clarke,et al.  The IOC/GEEP Bermuda Workshop , 1990 .

[16]  B. Chessman,et al.  Development of diatom-based tools for assessing stream water quality in south-eastern Australia: assessment of environmental transfer functions , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[17]  R. Norris,et al.  Dams and Flow in the Cotter River, Australia: Effects on Instream Trophic Structure and Benthic Metabolism , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[18]  Leon Metzeling,et al.  Can the Detection of Salinity and Habitat Simplification Gradients using Rapid Bioassessment of Benthic Invertebrates be Improved through Finer Taxonomic Resolution or Alternative Indices? , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[19]  R. Norris,et al.  Relationship of AUSRIVAS-based macroinvertebrate predictive model outputs to a metal pollution gradient , 2003, Journal of the North American Benthological Society.

[20]  River condition assessment may depend on the sub-sampling method: field live-sort versus laboratory sub-sampling of invertebrates for bioassessment , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[21]  John S. Gray,et al.  Background and rationale to a practical workshop on biological effects of pollutants , 1988 .

[22]  R. Norris,et al.  Are River Bioassessment Methods using Macroinvertebrates Applicable to Wetlands? , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[23]  Andrew J. Boulton,et al.  An overview of river health assessment: philosophies, practice, problems and prognosis , 1999 .

[24]  Stuart E. Bunn,et al.  Benthic Metabolism as an Indicator of Stream Ecosystem Health , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[25]  M. Thoms,et al.  A Large-scale, Hierarchical Approach for Assessing Habitat Associations of Fish Assemblages in Large Dryland Rivers , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[27]  B. Chessman,et al.  Rapid assessment of rivers using macroinvertebrates: the role of experience, and comparisons with quantitative methods , 2003, Hydrobiologia.

[28]  R. Norris,et al.  Design and implementation of rapid assessment approaches for water resource monitoring using benthic macroinvertebrates , 1995 .

[29]  Leon Metzeling,et al.  Biological Objectives for the Protection of Rivers and Streams in Victoria, Australia , 2006, Hydrobiologia.

[30]  Susan J. Nichols,et al.  Sample Variability Influences on the Precision of Predictive Bioassessment , 2006, Hydrobiologia.