Freshwater biota are more comprehensive and direct indicators of biological impacts, and
more meaningful to the public than water quality or physical habitat surrogates. Freshwater …

Freshwater is a basic need for the mankind. Effective biological tools (ecologically based,
efficient, rapid and consistently applicable to different ecological regions) are needed to …

The concept of process domains is proposed as an alternative to the River Continuum
Concept for the influence of geomorphic processes on aquatic ecosystems. Broadly defined …

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 …

A stand-alone working document, Stormwater Effects Handbook: A Toolbox for Watershed
Managers, Scientists, and Engineers assists scientists and regulators in determining when …

Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess
nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over …

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 …

American Fisheries Society Page 1 Aquatic Habitat Assessment Edited by Mark B. Bain and
Nathalie J. Stevenson Page 2 Support for this publication was provided by Sport Fish …

This book is a formal statement of the general principles and application of the Reference
Condition Approach. So in this final chapter we draw together the major points of the book …

Context Land use change and forest degradation have myriad effects on tropical
ecosystems. Yet their consequences for low-order streams remain very poorly understood …