Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life. Volume 1, The Role of Biological Data in Water Quality Assessment
Author: Biological Assessment and Criteria
Author: Wayne S. DavisPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780873718943
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Biological Assessment and Criteria presents a state-of-the-art overview of the applications of biological assessments and biocriteria for water quality management in fresh waters. The book presents case studies which illustrate how bioassessment has been used to identify and diagnose water quality problems. It also provides examples of the use of qualitative and quantitative biocriteria as regulatory tools to complement water quality criteria and standards. The first book to present the technical foundation, rationale, program and policy relevance, and legal basis for the most accurate tools used to assess freshwater natural resource and regulatory efforts, this book provides useful and timely information for water quality managers.
Biological Criteria
Author: Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life
Author: Ohio (State) Division of Water Quality Planning and AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Assessing the Sustainability and Biological Integrity of Water Resources Using Fish Communities
Author: Thomas P. SimonPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000141381
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
This book examines the application of fish community characteristics to evaluate the sustainability and biological integrity of freshwaters. Topics include perspectives on use of fish communities as environmental indicators in program development, collaboration, and partnership forming; 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.
Chemical and Biological Characterization of the Headwaters of the Rush Creek Watershed, Perry County, Ohio
Author: Robert A. DarnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid mine drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Recommended Biological Criteria for the Middle Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Delaware River Estuary
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition
Author: National Academy of EngineeringPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309175739
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
When Cleveland's Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969, no environmental measurements were necessary to know the seriousness of the problem. Incidents like the Cuyahoga fire raise an important question: Can catastrophes-in-the-making be detected early enough to be prevented? For those in industry, such disasters point to the need for measures that can improve the environmental performance of processes, products, business practices, and linked industrial systems. In Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition, experts share their insights on environmental metrics. The volume explores the most productive relationship between measures of environmental performance and measures of ecosystem conditions. It reviews current approaches, evaluates structures for business decisionmaking, and includes a matrix for determining the environmental performance of industrial facilities. Case studies include: Development and application of a water-quality rating scheme for streams and reservoirs in the Tennessee Valley. Three years of successful experience with waste metrics at 3M. The book covers the range of environmental performance and condition metrics, from the use of material flow data to monitor environmental performance at the national level to the use of bioassays to measure the toxicity of industrial effluents. This book offers something for everyoneâ€"policymakers, executives, engineers, managers, and advocatesâ€"with a stake in the measurement of environmental performance and ecological conditions.
The Rivers Handbook
Author: Peter P. CalowPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 144431386X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Fast changing legislation and increasing environmental awarenesswithin the non-scientific community demands that the modernapproach to the management of rivers and water resources should bebased on a sound understanding and application of the scientificand ecological principles that underlie freshwater processes. Intwo volumes, The Rivers Handbook offers an expert andexhaustive insight into the principles, methods and tools of modernriver management - always within an integrated and environmentallyacceptable framework. This second volume develops the principlesand philosophies expounded in the first volume into the managementsphere, organizing the approach around problems, diagnosis andtreatment. A fully comprehensive reference to sound methods of modernriver management. The ideal information resource for all river managers.
Biological Response Signatures
Author: Thomas P. SimonPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420041452
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
The use of environmental assessment procedures within monitoring frameworks demands that there be some relevancy to the decisions that management agencies make using biological criteria. These biological criteria standards are the basis for environmental indicators, which provide a direct measure of environmental quality. Biological Response Signat