E-Book, Englisch, 486 Seiten, E-Book
Reihe: Water Quality Measurements
Ziglio / Flaim / Siligardi Biological Monitoring of Rivers
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-86377-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Applications and Perspectives
E-Book, Englisch, 486 Seiten, E-Book
Reihe: Water Quality Measurements
ISBN: 978-0-470-86377-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Biological monitoring of running waters is a scientifically andeconomically valid approach for surveys and monitoring programmesto assess the water quality. Biological Monitoring of Riversis a timely, up-to-date book that includes a good number ofpractical 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 theEU
* Gives perspectives for future applications
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Weitere Infos & Material
Contributors.
Series Preface.
Preface.
Floodplains in River Ecosystems.
Instream and Bankside Habitat in Rivers.
Main features of Watercourses Hydrodynamics.
* Riverine Fish Assemblages in Temperate Rivers.
* Aquatic Macroinvertebrates.
* Macrophytes and Algae in running waters.
* River Monitoring and Assessment methods based onMacroinvertebrates.
* Monitoring methods based on Fish.
* Monitoring methods based on Algae and Macrophytes.
* Organization of Biological Monitoring in the EU.
* Biomonitoring in North American Rivers.
* Biological Monitoring of Rivers and European WaterLegislation.
* Ecotoxicological Experiments in River PollutionAssessment.
* Monitoring of Alpine Rivers.
* Biological Monitoring of North European Rivers.
* Biological Monitoring of Mediterranean Rivers with specialreference to Greece.
* Biological Monitoring of Running Waters in Eastern and CentralEuropean Countries.
* Key Features of Bioassessment Development in the United Statesof America.
* Monitoring Experiences from Down Under - the importanceof deciding a priori what constitutes a significantenvironmental change.
* The predictive modelling approach to biomonitoring:
* Taking river quality assessment forward.
* A new approach to evaluating fluvial functioning (FFI) towardsa landscape ecology.
* Planning to integrate urban and ecological processes: A caseinvolving Fluvial Functionality.
* Beyond Biological Monitoring: An Integrated Approach.
