| Description |
671 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Wayne S. Davis -- Ch. 1. Introduction: Biological Integrity and Use of Ecological Health Concepts for Application to Water Resource Characterization / Thomas P. Simon -- Ch. 2. Using Fish Assemblages in a State Biological Assessment and Criteria Program: Essential Concepts and Considerations / Chris O. Yoder and Marc A. Smith -- Ch. 3. Collaboration, Compromise, and Conflict: How to Form Partnerships in Environmental Assessment and Monitoring / Thomas P. Simon, Robert M. Goldstein and Patricia A. Bailey [et al.] -- Ch. 4. Historical Biogeography, Ecology, and Fish Distributions: Conceptual Issues for Establishing IBI Criteria / Rex Meade Strange -- Ch. 5. Applications of IBI Concepts and Metrics to Waters Outside the United States and Canada / Robert M. Hughes and Thierry Oberdorff -- Ch. 6. Assessment of Balon's Reproductive Guilds with Application to Midwestern North American Freshwater Fishes / Thomas P. Simon -- Ch. 7. Toward a United Definition of Guild Structure for Feeding Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes / Robert M. Goldstein and Thomas P. Simon -- Ch. 8. Influence of the Family Catostomidae on the Metrics Developed for a Great Rivers Index of Biotic Integrity / Erich B. Emery, Thomas P. Simon and Robert Ovies -- Ch. 9. The Use of External Deformities, Erosion, Lesions, and Tumors (DELT Anomalies) in Fish Assemblages for Characterizing Aquatic Resources: A Case Study of Seven Ohio Streams / Randall E. Sanders, Robert J. Miltner and Chris O. Yoder [et al.] -- Ch. 10. Effects of Drainage Basin Size and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Relations Between Stream Size and IBI Metrics in Virginia / Roy A. Smogor and Paul L. Angermeier -- Ch. 11. Characteristics of Fish Assemblages and Environmental Conditions in Streams of the Upper Snake River Basin, in Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming / Terry R. Maret -- Ch. 12. Classification of Freshwater Fish Species of the Northeastern United States for Use in the Development of Indices of Biological Integrity, with Regional Applications / David B. Halliwell, Richard W. Langdon and Robert A. Daniels [et al.] -- Ch. 13. Development of an Index of Biotic Integrity for the Species Depauperate Lake Agassiz Plain Eco Region, North Dakota and Minnesota / Scott Niemela, Eric Pearson and Thomas P. Simon [et al.] -- Ch. 14. Applications of Indices of Biotic Integrity to California Streams and Watersheds / Peter B. Moyle and Michael P. Marchetti -- Ch. 15. Development and Application of an Index of Biotic Integrity for Coldwater Streams of the Upper Midwestern United States / Neal D. Mundahl and Thomas P. Simon -- Ch. 16. Biological Monitoring and An Index of Biotic Integrity for Lake Erie's Nearshore Waters / Roger F. Thoma -- Ch. 17. Considerations for Characterizing Midwestern Large River Habitats / Robin J. Reash -- Ch. 18. Applying an Index of Biotic Integrity Based on Great River Fish Communities: Considerations in Sampling and Interpretation / Thomas P. Simon and Randall E. Sanders -- Ch. 19. Tailwater Fish Index (TFI) Development for the Tennessee River Tributary Tailwaters / Edwin M. Scott, Jr. -- Ch. 20. Reservoir Fishery Assessment Index Development: A Tool for Assessing Ecological Health in Tennessee Valley Authority Impoundments / Thomas A. McDonough and Gary D. Hickman -- Ch. 21. Toward the Development of An Index of Biotic Integrity for Inland Lakes in Wisconsin / Martin J. Jennings, John Lyons and Edward E. Emmons [et al.] -- Ch. 22. Development of IBI Metrics for Lakes in Southern New England / Thomas R. Whittier -- Ch. 23. Relations Between Fish Metrics and Measures of Anthropogenic Disturbance in Three IBI Regions in Virginia / Roy A. Smogor and Paul L. Angermeier -- Ch. 24. Methods for Deriving Maximum Species Richness Lines and Other Threshold Relationships in Biological Field Data / Edward T. Rankin and Chris O. Yoder -- Ch. 25. Adjustments to the Index of Biotic Integrity: A Summary of Ohio Experiences and Some Suggested Modifications / Edward T. Rankin and Chris O. Yoder -- Ch. 26. Integrating Assessments of Fish and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages and Physical Habitat Conditions in Pennsylvania / Blaine D. Snyder, James B. Stribling and Michael T. Barbour [et al.] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Freshwater fishes -- Effect of water quality on -- North America.
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Water quality biological assessment.
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| Author |
Simon, Thomas P.
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| LC no. |
98018557 |
| ISBN |
0849340071 (alk. paper) |
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