Biological Monitoring of Rivers

Professor Giuliano Ziglio, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.Maurizio Siligardi, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.Giovanna Flaim, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.

"This book offers scientists and all workers involved in river monitoring…an updated and integrated view of river ecology, the application of biotic indices…and future development of river monitoring in different parts of the world." (Journal of the American Water Resources Association, August 2006)

• Series Preface ixPreface xiList of Contributors xiiiSection 1 The River Environment 11.1 Floodplains in River Ecosystems 3Gilles Pinay, Tim Burt and Bruna Gumiero1.2 Instream and Bankside Habitat in Rivers 17Patrick D. Armitage1.3 Main Features of Watercourses' Hydrodynamics 33Paolo Scotton, Stefano De Toni and Catia Monauni1.4 Riverine Fish Assemblages in Temperate Rivers 47Lorenzo Tancioni, Michele Scardi and Stefano Cataudella1.5 Aquatic Macroinvertebrates 71Javier Alba-Tercedor1.6 Macrophytes and Algae in Running Waters 89Georg Janauer and Martin DokulilSection 2 Biological Monitoring of Rivers 1112.1 River Monitoring and Assessment Methods Based on Macroinvertebrates 113Niels De Pauw, Wim Gabriels and Peter L. M. Goethals2.2 Monitoring Methods Based on Fish 135Michele Scardi, Lorenzo Tancioni and Stefano Cataudella2.3 Monitoring Methods Based on Algae and Macrophytes 155Jean Prygiel and Jacques Haury2.4 Organization of Biological Monitoring in the European Union 171Laura Mancini2.5 Biomonitoring in North American Rivers: A Comparison of Methods Used for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Canada and the United States 203James L. Carter, Vincent H. Resh, David M. Rosenberg and Trefor B. Reynoldson2.6 Biological Monitoring of Rivers and European Water Legislation 229Ana Cristina Cardoso, Angelo Giuseppe Solimini and Guido Premazzi2.7 Ecotoxicological Experiments in River Pollution Assessment 241Daren M. Carlisle and William H. ClementsSection 3 Various Experiences in Biological Monitoring 2613.1 Monitoring of Alpine Rivers: The Italian Experience 263Francesca Ciutti and Giovanna Flaim3.2 Biological Monitoring of North European Rivers 277Leonard Sandin and Nikolai Friberg3.3 Biological Monitoring of Mediterranean Rivers with Special Reference to Greece 295Konstantinos C. Gritzalis3.4 Biological Monitoring of Running Waters in Eastern and Central European Countries (Former Communist Block) 327Jan Helesic3.5 Key Features of Bioassessment Development in the United States of America 351Michael T. Barbour and Jereon GerritsenSection 4 New Tools and Strategies for River Ecology Evaluation 3674.1 Monitoring Experiences from Downunder: The Importance of Deciding a priori What Constitutes a Significant Environmental Change 369Barbara J. Downes4.2 The Predictive Modelling Approach to Biomonitoring: Taking River Quality Assessment Forward 383John F. Murphy and John Davy-Bowker4.3 A New Approach to Evaluating Fluvial Functioning (FFI): Towards a Landscape Ecology 401Maurizio Siligardi and Cristina Cappelletti4.4 Planning to Integrate Urban and Ecological Processes: A Case Involving Fluvial Functionality 419Corrado Diamantini4.5 Beyond Biological Monitoring: An Integrated Approach 435Piet F. M. VerdonschotIndex 461