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0861 |aEn13-5/87-138E-PDF
1001 |aMetcalfe-Smith, J. L. |q(Janice L.)|eauthor.
24510|aBiological water quality assessment of running waters based on macroinvertebrate communities : |bhistory and present status in Europe / |cby Janice L. Metcalfe.
264 1|aBurlington, Ontario, Canada : |bNational Water Research Institute, Rivers Research Branch, |c[1987?]
300 |a1 online resource (42 pages, 22 unnumbered pages).
336 |atext|btxt|2rdacontent
337 |acomputer|bc|2rdamedia
338 |aonline resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
4901 |a[NWRI contribution] ; |v87-138
500 |a"RRB-88-59."
500 |aHandwritten note on title page: "Published in Environmental Pollution, 1989."
500 |aDigitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references.
5203 |a"This paper reviews the history and development of biological water quality assessment using macroinvertebrates in Europe, and critically evaluates each of the principal approaches used. As the biotic approach incorporates the most highly regarded features of the saprobic and diversity approaches, it has received the most attention in recent years. Most modern biotic index and score systems have evolved from the Trent Biotic Index, through a series of refinements and adaptations (i.e. the Extended Biotic Index, Chandler's Score, Indice Biotique) into the two modern systems. These methods are the Biological Monitoring working Party Score System, used mainly in Great Britain, and the Belgian Biotic Index Method. The results of these techniques are now influencing policy decisions concerning surface water management in Europe, where macroinvertebrate community assessments are being used as a planning tool for managing water uses, for ambient monitoring, and for evaluating the effectiveness of pollution control measures. New research directions aimed at improving the performance of bioassessment techniques are being explored. These include defining reference communities based on stream typology which can then be used to set water quality objectives, and applying these methods to the assessment of toxic pollution"--Abstract.
546 |aIncludes a management perspective and abstract in English and French.
69207|2gccst|aWater quality
69207|2gccst|aBiological diversity
69207|2gccst|aAssessment
7101 |aCanada. |bEnvironment Canada.
7102 |aNational Water Research Institute (Canada). |bRivers Research Branch.
830#0|aNWRI contribution ;|v87-138.|w(CaOODSP)9.844121
85640|qPDF|s5.13 MB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/eccc/en13-5/En13-5-87-138-eng.pdf