Assessing the Sustainability and Biological Integrity of Water Resources Using Fish Communities

ISBN-13: 9780849340079 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 672 str.

Thomas P. Simon

Opis

This book examines the application of fish community characteristics t o evaluate the sustainability and biological integrity of freshwaters. Topics include perspectives on use of fish communities as environment al indicators in program development, collaboration, and partnership f orming; influence of specific taxa on assessment of the IBI; regional applications for areas where the IBI had not previously been developed; and specific applications of the IBI developed for coldwater streams, inland lakes, Great Lakes, reservoirs, and tailwaters.

Recenzje

"…book serves an important need both for users and nonusers as a statement of present successes and problems with the IBI…comprehensive appendices categorize most of the freshwater fish species in North America by criteria applicable to IBI, such as functional or trophic group membership.
--William J. Matthews, Copeia, 2001, No. 1
"If you have an interest in using an existing IBI or developing a new one, this book is required reading."
--Frank J. Rahel, American Fisheries Society

Spis treści

Foreword, W. S. DavisPerspectivesIntroduction: Biological Integrity and Use of Ecological Health Concepts for Application to Water Resource Characterization, T.P. SimonUsing Fish Assemblages in a State Biological Assessment and Criteria Program: Essential Concepts and Considerations, C.O. Yoder and M.A. SmithCollaboration, Compromise, and Conflict: How to Form Partnerships in Environmental Assessment and Monitoring, T.P. Simon, R.M. Goldstein, P.A. Bailey, E. Pearson, M. Ell, K. Schmidt, J. Emblom, and L. SchlueterHistorical Biogeography, Ecology, and Fish Distributions: Conceptual Issues for Establishing IBI Criteria, R.M. StrangeApplications of IBI Concepts and Metrics to Waters Outside the United States, R.M. Hughes and T. OberdorffGuild and Metrics Determination Assessment of Balon's Reproductive Guilds with Application to Midwest North American Freshwater Fishes, T.P. SimonTowards a United Definition of Guild Structure of North American Freshwater Fishes, R.M. Goldstein and T.P. SimonInfluence of the Family Catostomidae on Metrics Developed for a Great Rivers Index of Biotic Integrity, E.B. Emery and T.P. SimonThe Use of External Deformities, Erosion, Lesion, and Tumors (DELT Anomalies) in Fish Assemblages for Characterizing Aquatic Resources: A Case Study of Seven Ohio Streams, R.E. Sanders, R.J. Miltner, C.O. Yoder, and E.T. RankinRegional Applications of IBIEffects of Drainage Basin Size and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Relations between Stream Size and IBI Metrics in Virginia, R. Smogor and P. AngermeierCharacteristics of Fish Assemblages and Environmental Conditions in Streams of the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and Western Wyoming, T.R. MaretClassification of Freshwater Fishes of the Northeastern United States for Uses in the Development of Indices of Biological Integrity, with Regional Applications, D.B. Halliwell, R. Langdon, R.A. Daniels, J. Kurtenbach, and R. JacobsenDevelopment of an Index of Biotic Integrity for the Species Depauperate Red River of North, Minnesota and North Dakota, S. Niemela, E. Pearson, T.P. Simon, R. M. Goldstein, and P.A. BaileyApplications of Indices of Biotic Integrity to California Streams and Watersheds, P.B. Moyle and M.P. MarchettiApplication to Freshwater Resource Types Other than Wadable Warmwater StreamsDevelopment and Application of an Index of Biotic Integrity for Coldwater Streams of the Upper Midwestern United States, N.P. Mundahl and T.P. SimonBiological Monitoring and an IBI for Lake Erie's Nearshore Waters, R. Thoma Consideration for Characterizing Large River Habitats, R. ReashApplying and Index of Biotic Integrity Based on Great River Fish Communities: Considerations in Sampling and Interpretation, T.P. Simon and R.E. SandersTailwater IBI Development for the Tennessee River, E. ScottReservoir Fishery Assessment Index Development: A Tool for Assessing Ecological Health in Tennessee Valley Authority Impoundments, T.A. McDonough and G.D. HickmanToward the Development of an Index of Biotic Integrity for Inland Lakes in Wisconsin, M.J. Jennings, J. Lyons, E.E. Emmons, G.R. Hatzenbeler, M. Bozek, T.D. Simonson, T.D. Beard, Jr., and D. FagoConsiderations for Lakes in the Northeastern United States, T.R. Whittier Data ValidationRelations Between Fish Metrics and Measures of Anthropogenic Disturbance in Three IBI Regions in Virginia, R. Smogor and P. AngermeierScoring Modifications for Ensuring Meaningful Results, E.T. Rankin and C.O. YoderMethods for Deriving Maximum Species Richness Lines and Other Threshold Relationships in Biological Field Data, E.T. Rankin and C.O. YoderA Subecoregional Scale Watershed Assessment: Integrating Fish Community Assessments with Macroinvertebrate Assemblage and Physical Habitat Data, Pennsylvania, B.D. Snyder, J.B. Stribling, M.T. Barbour, and C. L. Missimer

O autorze

Thomas P. Simon