We have assessed the current state of knowledge relative to methods used in assessing sub-
tidal benthic habitat quality and the classification of benthic habitats. While our main focus is …

Changing the taxonomic scale of a biotic-assemblage dataset influences our ability to detect
ecological patterns. In bioassessments, a test-site's biological community is compared …

Since the publication of the first edition (1994) there have been rapid developments in the
application of hydrology, geomorphology and ecology to stream management. In particular …

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to assist public knowledge and discussion and to help improve the sustainable management …

Effective environmental management requires monitoring programmes that provide specific
links between changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem health. This article …

The SIGNAL biotic index for river macroinvertebrates, originally developed and tested in
eastern Australia, was revised for application to the entire continent. Macroinvertebrate …

The focus of this review is to discuss the current uses and developments of
macroinvertebrate and fish indicators in riverine ecosystems. Macroinvertebrates and fish …

Diatoms were sampled in the spring of 1994 and the autumn of 1995 at 137 pristine or near‐
pristine reference sites on large and small streams at various altitudes in eastern New South …

A new freshwater macroinvertebrate‐based biotic index derived from the Quantitative
Macroinvertebrate Community Index (QMCI) is proposed for use with coded‐abundance …

In studies using macroinvertebrates as indicators for monitoring rivers and streams, species
level identifications in comparison with lower resolution identifications can have greater …