Biological Monitoring of Rivers

Series Preface ix

Preface xi

List of Contributors xiii

Section 1 The River Environment 1

1.1 Floodplains in River Ecosystems 3
Gilles Pinay, Tim Burt and Bruna Gumiero

1.2 Instream and Bankside Habitat in Rivers 17
Patrick D. Armitage

1.3 Main Features of Watercourses' Hydrodynamics 33
Paolo Scotton, Stefano De Toni and Catia Monauni

1.4 Riverine Fish Assemblages in Temperate Rivers 47
Lorenzo Tancioni, Michele Scardi and Stefano Cataudella

1.5 Aquatic Macroinvertebrates 71
Javier Alba-Tercedor Copyrighted Material

1.6 Macrophytes and Algae in Running Waters 89
Georg Janauer and Martin Dokulil

Section 2 Biological Monitoring of Rivers 111

2.1 River Monitoring and Assessment Methods Based on Macroinvertebrates 113
Niels De Pauw, Wim Gabriels and Peter L. M. Goethals

2.2 Monitoring Methods Based on Fish 135
Michele Scardi, Lorenzo Tancioni and Stefano Cataudella

2.3 Monitoring Methods Based on Algae and Macrophytes 155
Jean Prygiel and Jacques Haury

2.4 Organization of Biological Monitoring in the European Union 171
Laura Mancini

2.5 Biomonitoring in North American Rivers: A Comparison of Methods Used for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Canada and the United States 203
James L. Carter, Vincent H. Resh, David M. Rosenberg and Trefor B. Reynoldson

2.6 Biological Monitoring of Rivers and European Water Legislation 229
Ana Cristina Cardoso, Angelo Giuseppe Solimini and Guido Premazzi

2.7 Ecotoxicological Experiments in River Pollution Assessment 241
Daren M. Carlisle and William H. Clements

Section 3 Various Experiences in Biological Monitoring 261

3.1 Monitoring of Alpine Rivers: The Italian Experience 263
Francesca Ciutti and Giovanna Flaim

3.2 Biological Monitoring of North European Rivers 277
Leonard Sandin and Nikolai Friberg

3.3 Biological Monitoring of Mediterranean Rivers with Special Reference to Greece 295
Konstantinos C. Gritzalis

3.4 Biological Monitoring of Running Waters in Eastern and Central European Countries (Former Communist Block) 327
Jan Helesic

3.5 Key Features of Bioassessment Development in the United States of America 351
Michael T. Barbour and Jereon Gerritsen

Section 4 New Tools and Strategies for River Ecology Evaluation 367

4.1 Monitoring Experiences from Downunder: The Importance of Deciding a priori What Constitutes a Significant Environmental Change 369
Barbara J. Downes

4.2 The Predictive Modelling Approach to Biomonitoring: Taking River Quality Assessment Forward 383
John F. Murphy and John Davy-Bowker

4.3 A New Approach to Evaluating Fluvial Functioning (FFI): Towards aLandscape Ecology 401
Maurizio Siligardi and Cristina Cappelletti

4.4 Planning to Integrate Urban and Ecological Processes: A Case Involving Fluvial Functionality 419
Corrado Diamantini

4.5 Beyond Biological Monitoring: An Integrated Approach 435
Piet F. M. Verdonschot

Index 461