Biological monitoring of rivers : applications and perspectives / / [edited by] Giuliano Ziglio, Maurizio Siligardi, Giovanna Flaim

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910876721603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2006
• ISBN: 1-282-34966-X; 9786612349669; 0-470-86378-1; 0-470-86377-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Collana: Water quality measurements series
• Altri autori (Persone): ZiglioG; SiligardiMaurizio; FlaimGiovanna
• Disciplina: 577.6/427; 577.6427
• Soggetti: Water quality biological assessment; Stream ecology; Environmental monitoring
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on a workshop held at Istituto Agraio of S. Michele TN, Italy, in June 1998.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Biological Monitoring of Rivers : Applications and Perspectives; Contents; Series Preface; Preface; List of Contributors; Section 1 The River Environment; 1.1 Floodplains in River Ecosystems; 1.2 Instream and Bankside Habitat in Rivers; 1.3 Main Features of Watercourses' Hydrodynamics; 1.4 Riverine Fish Assemblages in Temperate Rivers; 1.5 Aquatic Macroinvertebrates; 1.6 Macrophytes and Algae in Running Waters; Section 2 Biological Monitoring of Rivers; 2.1 River Monitoring and Assessment Methods Based on Macroinvertebrates; 2.2 Monitoring Methods Based on Fish; 2.3 Monitoring Methods Based on Algae and Macrophytes2.4 Organization of Biological Monitoring in the European Union; 2.5 Biomonitoring in North American Rivers: A Comparison of Methods Used for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Canada and the United States; 2.6 Biological Monitoring of Rivers and European Water Legislation; 2.7 ; Ecotoxicological Experiments in River Pollution Assessment; Section 3 Various Experiences in Biological Monitoring; 3.1 Monitoring of Alpine Rivers: The Italian Experience; 3.2 Biological Monitoring of North European Rivers; 3.3 Biological Monitoring of Mediterranean Rivers with Special Reference to Greece3.4 Biological Monitoring of Running Waters in Eastern and Central European Countries (Former Communist Block); 3.5 Key Features of Bioassessment Development in the United States of America; Section 4 New Tools and Strategies for River Ecology Evaluation; 4.1 Monitoring Experiences from Downunder: The Importance of Deciding a priori What Constitutes a Significant Environmental Change; 4.2 The Predictive Modelling Approach to Biomonitoring: Taking River Quality Assessment Forward; 4.3 A New Approach to Evaluating Fluvial Functioning (FFI): Towards aLandscape Ecology4.4 Planning to Integrate Urban and Ecological Processes: A Case Involving Fluvial Functionality; 4.5 Beyond Biological Monitoring: An Integrated Approach; Index; Colorplate
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 monitoringPractical how-to-do chapters help the practitionerProvides a broad survey of methods uses inside and outside the EUGives perspectives for future applications