Biological Monitoring of Rivers
Applications and Perspectives
Water Quality Measurements
January 2006
486 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-470-86376-3
John Wiley & Sons
Biological monitoring of running waters is a scientifically and economically valid approach for surveys and monitoring programmes to assess the water quality.
Biological Monitoring of Rivers is a timely, up-to-date book that includes a good number of practical how-to-do chapters.
* Up-to-date assessment of biological water monitoring
* Practical how-to-do chapters help the practitioner
* Provides a broad survey of methods uses inside and outside the EU
* Gives perspectives for future applications
Series Preface ix
Preface xi
List of Contributors xiii
Section 1 The River Environment 1
1.1 Floodplains in River Ecosystems 3
Gilles Pinay, Tim Burt and Bruna Gumiero
1.2 Instream and Bankside Habitat in Rivers 17
Patrick D. Armitage
1.3 Main Features of Watercourses' Hydrodynamics 33
Paolo Scotton, Stefano De Toni and Catia Monauni
1.4 Riverine Fish Assemblages in Temperate Rivers 47
Lorenzo Tancioni, Michele Scardi and Stefano Cataudella
1.5 Aquatic Macroinvertebrates 71
Javier Alba-Tercedor
1.6 Macrophytes and Algae in Running Waters 89
Georg Janauer and Martin Dokulil
Section 2 Biological Monitoring of Rivers 111
2.1 River Monitoring and Assessment Methods Based on Macroinvertebrates 113
Niels De Pauw, Wim Gabriels and Peter L. M. Goethals
2.2 Monitoring Methods Based on Fish 135
Michele Scardi, Lorenzo Tancioni and Stefano Cataudella
2.3 Monitoring Methods Based on Algae and Macrophytes 155
Jean Prygiel and Jacques Haury
2.4 Organization of Biological Monitoring in the European Union 171
Laura Mancini
2.5 Biomonitoring in North American Rivers: A Comparison of Methods Used for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Canada and the United States 203
James L. Carter, Vincent H. Resh, David M. Rosenberg and Trefor B. Reynoldson
2.6 Biological Monitoring of Rivers and European Water Legislation 229
Ana Cristina Cardoso, Angelo Giuseppe Solimini and Guido Premazzi
2.7 Ecotoxicological Experiments in River Pollution Assessment 241
Daren M. Carlisle and William H. Clements
Section 3 Various Experiences in Biological Monitoring 261
3.1 Monitoring of Alpine Rivers: The Italian Experience 263
Francesca Ciutti and Giovanna Flaim
3.2 Biological Monitoring of North European Rivers 277
Leonard Sandin and Nikolai Friberg
3.3 Biological Monitoring of Mediterranean Rivers with Special Reference to Greece 295
Konstantinos C. Gritzalis
3.4 Biological Monitoring of Running Waters in Eastern and Central European Countries (Former Communist Block) 327
Jan Helesic
3.5 Key Features of Bioassessment Development in the United States of America 351
Michael T. Barbour and Jereon Gerritsen
Section 4 New Tools and Strategies for River Ecology Evaluation 367
4.1 Monitoring Experiences from Downunder: The Importance of Deciding a priori What Constitutes a Significant Environmental Change 369
Barbara J. Downes
4.2 The Predictive Modelling Approach to Biomonitoring: Taking River Quality Assessment Forward 383
John F. Murphy and John Davy-Bowker
4.3 A New Approach to Evaluating Fluvial Functioning (FFI): Towards a Landscape Ecology 401
Maurizio Siligardi and Cristina Cappelletti
4.4 Planning to Integrate Urban and Ecological Processes: A Case Involving Fluvial Functionality 419
Corrado Diamantini
4.5 Beyond Biological Monitoring: An Integrated Approach 435
Piet F. M. Verdonschot
Index 461
Preface xi
List of Contributors xiii
Section 1 The River Environment 1
1.1 Floodplains in River Ecosystems 3
Gilles Pinay, Tim Burt and Bruna Gumiero
1.2 Instream and Bankside Habitat in Rivers 17
Patrick D. Armitage
1.3 Main Features of Watercourses' Hydrodynamics 33
Paolo Scotton, Stefano De Toni and Catia Monauni
1.4 Riverine Fish Assemblages in Temperate Rivers 47
Lorenzo Tancioni, Michele Scardi and Stefano Cataudella
1.5 Aquatic Macroinvertebrates 71
Javier Alba-Tercedor
1.6 Macrophytes and Algae in Running Waters 89
Georg Janauer and Martin Dokulil
Section 2 Biological Monitoring of Rivers 111
2.1 River Monitoring and Assessment Methods Based on Macroinvertebrates 113
Niels De Pauw, Wim Gabriels and Peter L. M. Goethals
2.2 Monitoring Methods Based on Fish 135
Michele Scardi, Lorenzo Tancioni and Stefano Cataudella
2.3 Monitoring Methods Based on Algae and Macrophytes 155
Jean Prygiel and Jacques Haury
2.4 Organization of Biological Monitoring in the European Union 171
Laura Mancini
2.5 Biomonitoring in North American Rivers: A Comparison of Methods Used for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Canada and the United States 203
James L. Carter, Vincent H. Resh, David M. Rosenberg and Trefor B. Reynoldson
2.6 Biological Monitoring of Rivers and European Water Legislation 229
Ana Cristina Cardoso, Angelo Giuseppe Solimini and Guido Premazzi
2.7 Ecotoxicological Experiments in River Pollution Assessment 241
Daren M. Carlisle and William H. Clements
Section 3 Various Experiences in Biological Monitoring 261
3.1 Monitoring of Alpine Rivers: The Italian Experience 263
Francesca Ciutti and Giovanna Flaim
3.2 Biological Monitoring of North European Rivers 277
Leonard Sandin and Nikolai Friberg
3.3 Biological Monitoring of Mediterranean Rivers with Special Reference to Greece 295
Konstantinos C. Gritzalis
3.4 Biological Monitoring of Running Waters in Eastern and Central European Countries (Former Communist Block) 327
Jan Helesic
3.5 Key Features of Bioassessment Development in the United States of America 351
Michael T. Barbour and Jereon Gerritsen
Section 4 New Tools and Strategies for River Ecology Evaluation 367
4.1 Monitoring Experiences from Downunder: The Importance of Deciding a priori What Constitutes a Significant Environmental Change 369
Barbara J. Downes
4.2 The Predictive Modelling Approach to Biomonitoring: Taking River Quality Assessment Forward 383
John F. Murphy and John Davy-Bowker
4.3 A New Approach to Evaluating Fluvial Functioning (FFI): Towards a Landscape Ecology 401
Maurizio Siligardi and Cristina Cappelletti
4.4 Planning to Integrate Urban and Ecological Processes: A Case Involving Fluvial Functionality 419
Corrado Diamantini
4.5 Beyond Biological Monitoring: An Integrated Approach 435
Piet F. M. Verdonschot
Index 461
"This book offers scientists and all workers involved in river monitoring...an updated and integrated view of river ecology, the application of biotic indices...and future development of river monitoring in different parts of the world." (Journal of the American Water Resources Association, August 2006)
Professor Giuliano Ziglio, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
Maurizio Siligardi, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
Giovanna Flaim, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
Maurizio Siligardi, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
Giovanna Flaim, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.