| Protocol for Monitoring Aquatic Invertebrates of Small Streams in the Heartland Inventory & Monitoring Network Contributor(s): National Park Service (Editor), Williams, Michael H. (Author), Dodd, Hope R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1492355097 ISBN-13: 9781492355090 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - General |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.77 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aquatic invertebrates are an important biomonitoring tool for understanding and detecting changes in ecosystem integrity over time. Therefore, the monitoring objectives of this protocol as described by DeBacker et al. (2005) are: 1) Determine the status and trends of invertebrate species diversity, abundance, and community metrics. 2) Relate invertebrate community to overall water quality through quantification of metrics related to species richness, abundance, diversity, and region-specific multi-metric indices as indicators of water quality and habitat condition. |