Fresh waters have seen the largest decline in biodiversity of any ecosystem, with lotic
ecosystems particularly impacted by human activities. The main drivers of environmental …

Aquatic insects are a major indicator used to assess ecological condition in freshwater
environments. However, current methods to collect and identify aquatic insects require …

It is critical that the impacts of environmental stressors on natural systems are detected,
monitored and assessed accurately in order to legislate effectively and to protect and restore …

Stream managers need to understand relationships between multiple stressors and
ecological responses. We examined responses of benthic invertebrates and algae along …

Biotic indices are widely applied for conservation and management of aquatic resources
since they allow water resources monitoring agencies to get insight in complex biological …

We developed a new Multimetric Index for stream assessment, which is mainly focussed on
the impact of hydromorphological degradation on the macroinvertebrate fauna. The index …

A unique presentation that unifies the field, this book brings together concepts and
information about contaminant effects at all levels of the biological hierarchy. Beginning at …

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

The hypothesis is tested that toxicity of acid mine drainage can be detected by a selection of
existing macroinvertebrate community and bioindicator metrices supplemented by toxicity …

We analysed a large number of concurrent samples of macroinvertebrate communities and
chemical indicators of eutrophication and organic pollution [total‐P, total‐N, NH4–N …