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February 13, 2008      

Chemical vs Biological monitoring

Contents

• With salutations to the world leaders, the USEPA; thank you for your graceful recommendation!
• Primer, First Ed., 1999. Project E-1.
• Project H-1 report titled, Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Freshwaters- Taxa Tolerance Values, Metrics, and Protocols
• Important links
• Our studies/reports

• Taxa Tolerance Values
  • Dedications

• Overall Detailed Introduction
• The Zoobenthos of Freshwaters ... Chapter I
• Relationships with Man ... Chapter II
  

• Diagnostic features of Superphylum Arthropoda (Mackie, 1998)
  • Diagnostic features of Class Insecta (Mackie, 1998)
  • Class Collembola (springtails) ... Chapter XVIII
  • Order Ephemeroptera (mayflies) ... Chapter III
  • Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) ... Chapter IV
  • Order Plecoptera (stoneflies) ... Chapter V
  • Order Hemiptera (true bugs) ... Chapter VI
  • Order Trichoptera (caddisflies) ... Chapter VII
  • Order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) ... Chapter VIII
  • Order Aquatic Coleoptera (beetles) ... Chapter IX
  • Order Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies) ... Chapter X
  • Order Aquatic Neuroptera (spongillaflies) ... Chapter XI
  • Order Diptera (two-winged or true flies) ... Chapter XII
    • Family Chironomidae (midges flies) ... Chapter XIII
      • Chironomid mouthpart deformity frequencies as an indicator of community health
      • Sublethal parameters in morphologically deformed Chironomus larvae
    • Family Culicidae (mosquitoes) ... Chapter XIV
    • Family Tipulidae (crane flies) ... Chapter XV
    • Family Simuliidae (black flies) ... Chapter XVI
    • Family Chaoboridae (phantom midges) ... Chapter XVII
  • Order Orthoptera and Grylloptera (grasshoppers, crickets) ... Chapter XIX
  • Order Hymenoptera (aquatic wasps, etc.) ... Chapter XX

  • Subcohort Hydrachnidia (true water mites) ... Chapter XXI

  • Subphylum Crustacea (cladocerans [water fleas], shrimps, copepods, amphipods [scuds], sow bugs, crayfish, fish lice) ... Chapter XXII

• Phylum Mollusca:
  • Class Gastropoda (snails) ... Chapter XXIII
  • Class Bivalvia (clams and mussels) ... Chapter XXIV
  • Alien Species

• Phylum Annelida: (Diagnostic features of Annelida, Mackie, 1998)
  • Class Oligochaeta (aquatic worms) ... Chapter XXV
  • Class Hirudinea (leeches) ... Chapter XXVI

• Phylum Platyhelminthes:
  • Class Turbellaria (flatworms) ... Chapter XXVII

• Taxa Tolerance Values

Important links

• Biological Indicators of Watershed Health- USEPA
  • Lake and Reservoir Bioassessment and Biocriteria, Technical Guidance Document- USEPA (Gerritsen et al, 1998)
  • The Concept of Rapid Bioassessment- Streams and Rivers-USEPA (Barbour et al, 1999)
  • Masterbug Theater- USEPA

• Popularity of freshwater macroinvertebrates in biomonitoring
  • Multimetric Approach- USEPA
  • Multivariate RCA of the Canada Centre for Inland Waters (CCIW), Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario
  • Reference Condition: comparison of the multimetric and multivariate approaches

• Developing Biocriteria as a Water Quality Assessment Tool: Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment  
  
  • Protocols for Measuring Biodiversity: Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Fresh Waters- EMAN, Environment Canada and DFO (Rosenberg et al, 1997)

• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation- Key to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates

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