جزییات کتاب
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 Content: Chapter 1 Floodplains in River Ecosystems (pages 1–15): Gilles Pinay, Tim Burt and Bruna GumieroChapter 2 Instream and Bankside Habitat in Rivers (pages 17–31): Patrick D. ArmitageChapter 3 Main Features of Watercourses' Hydrodynamics (pages 33–45): Paolo Scotton, Stefano De Toni and Catia MonauniChapter 4 Riverine Fish Assemblages in Temperate Rivers (pages 47–69): Lorenzo Tancioni, Michele Scardi and Stefano CataudellaChapter 5 Aquatic Macroinvertebrates (pages 71–87): Javier Alba?TercedorChapter 6 Macrophytes and Algae in Running Waters (pages 89–109): Georg Janauer and Martin DokulilChapter 7 River Monitoring and Assessment Methods Based on Macroinvertebrates (pages 111–134): Niels De Pauw, Wim Gabriels and Peter L. M. GoethalsChapter 8 Monitoring Methods Based on Fish (pages 135–153): Michele Scardi, Lorenzo Tancioni and Stefano CataudellaChapter 9 Monitoring Methods Based on Algae and Macrophytes (pages 155–170): Jean Prygiel and Jacques HauryChapter 10 Organization of Biological Monitoring in the European Union (pages 171–201): Laura ManciniChapter 11 Biomonitoring in North American Rivers: A Comparison of Methods Used for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Canada and the United States (pages 203–228): James L. Carter, Vincent H. Resh, David M. Rosenberg and Trefor B. ReynoldsonChapter 12 Biological Monitoring of Rivers and European Water Legislation (pages 229–240): Ana Cristina Cardoso, Angelo Giuseppe Solimini and Guido PremazziChapter 13 Ecotoxicological Experiments in River Pollution Assessment (pages 241–259): Daren M. Carlisle and William H. ClementsChapter 14 Monitoring of Alpine Rivers: The Italian Experience (pages 261–275): Francesca Ciutti and Giovanna FlaimChapter 15 Biological Monitoring of North European Rivers (pages 277–293): Leonard Sandin and Nikolai FribergChapter 16 Biological Monitoring of Mediterranean Rivers with Special Reference to Greece (pages 295–325): Konstantinos C. GritzalisChapter 17 Biological Monitoring of Running Waters in Eastern and Central European Countries (Former Communist Block) (pages 327–350): Jan HelesicChapter 18 Key Features of Bioassessment Development in the United States of America (pages 351–366): Michael T. Barbour and Jereon GerritsenChapter 19 Monitoring Experiences from Downunder – The Importance of Deciding a priori What Constitutes a Significant Environmental Change (pages 367–381): Barbara J. DownesChapter 20 The Predictive Modelling Approach to Biomonitoring: Taking River Quality Assessment Forward (pages 383–399): John F. Murphy and John Davy?BowkerChapter 21 A New Approach to Evaluating Fluvial Functioning (FFI): Towards a Landscape Ecology (pages 401–418): Maurizio Siligardi and Cristina CappellettiChapter 22 Planning to Integrate Urban and Ecological Processes: A Case Involving Fluvial Functionality (pages 419–433): Corrado DiamantiniChapter 23 Beyond Biological Monitoring: An Integrated Approach (pages 435–459): Piet F. M. Verdonschot