The sustainable use of water resources requires clear guidelines for the management of
diffuse pollution inputs to rivers. Without informed guidelines, management decisions are …

▪ Abstract We review the major conceptual developments that have occurred over the last 50
years concerning the factors that influence insect biodiversity in streams and examine how …

Invertebrate data from rivers in the Tennessee Valley were used to:(1) evaluate the utility of
18 characteristics of invertebrate assemblages (attributes) to assess the biological condition …

1. The structure of lotic macroinvertebrate communities may be strongly influenced by land‐
use practices within catchments. However, the relative magnitude of influence on the …

Fish and macroinvertebrate assemblage composition, instream habitat features and
surrounding land use were assessed in an agriculturally developed watershed to relate …

The relative influence of geologic versus anthropogenic attributes of catchments on stream
ecosystems was examined in 45 catchments of a river basin in central Michigan. Each …

River Environment Classification (REC) is a new system for classifying river environments
that is based on climate, topography, geology, and land cover factors that control spatial …

Why do people name things? Would we get the same information content if we refer to a
particular structure as a black oak tree, an oak tree, a tree, a plant, a living object, or just as a …

Water quality, habitat, and biota were compared during spring amongst c. 100 m reaches on
11 streams draining pasture, native (podocarp‐broadleaf) forest, and exotic pine forest …

▪ Abstract Studies of the production of stream insects are now numerous, and general factors
controlling the secondary production of stream communities are becoming evident. In this …