Assessing the Ecological Integrity of Running Waters: Proceedings of the International Conference, held in Vienna, Austria, 9–11 November 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction: Sustaining living rivers....Pages 1-14
A perspective on the abiotic processes sustaining the ecological integrity of running waters....Pages 15-27
Restoring ecological integrity of great rivers: historical hydrographs aid in defining reference conditions for the Missouri River....Pages 29-48
The river-scaling concept (RSC): a basis for ecological assessments....Pages 49-60
Biological processes in running waters and their implications for the assessment of ecological integrity....Pages 61-70
Mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) and the assessment of ecological integrity: a methodological approach....Pages 71-83
Fundamentals of fish ecological integrity and their relation to the extended serial discontinuity concept....Pages 85-97
Assessing the ecological integrity of rivers: walking the line among ecological, political and administrative interests....Pages 99-109
Indicators and assessment methods for measuring the ecological integrity of semi-aquatic terrestrial environments....Pages 111-131
Towards the assessment of ‘ecological integrity’ in running waters of the United Kingdom....Pages 133-142
The influence of environmental variables on the abundance of aquatic insects: a comparison of ordination and artificial neural networks....Pages 143-152
Biomonitoring through biological traits of benthic macroinvertebrates: how to use species trait databases?....Pages 153-162
The spatial heterogeneity of a river bottom: a key factor determining macroinvertebrate communities....Pages 163-171
River ecotones: carabid beetles as a tool for quality assessment....Pages 173-181
Secondary production of benthic communities at the habitat scale as a tool to assess ecological integrity in mountain streams....Pages 183-195
Performance of different biotic indices and sampling methods in assessing water quality in the lowland stretch of the Tiber River....Pages 197-208
Urbanization gradients in streams of Anchorage, Alaska: a comparison of multivariate and multimetric approaches to classification....Pages 209-223
Macroinvertebrate functional feeding group methods in ecological assessment....Pages 225-232
The statistical power of selected indicator metrics using macroinvertebrates for assessing acidification and eutrophication of running waters....Pages 233-243
Evaluating physical habitat integrity in relation to the biological potential of streams....Pages 245-256
Application of an adapted index of biotic integrity to rivers of Lithuania....Pages 257-270
Fish as indicators for the assessment of the ecological integrity of large rivers....Pages 271-278
A multi-level concept for fish-based, river-type-specific assessment of ecological integrity....Pages 279-289
Variation in a Great River Index of Biotic Integrity over a 20-year period....Pages 291-304
Effects of residual flow and habitat fragmentation on distribution and movement of bullhead ( Cottus gobio L.) in an alpine stream....Pages 305-317
Habitat condition and fish assemblage structure in a coastal mediterranean stream (Yarqon, Israel) receiving domestic effluent....Pages 319-330
Benthic invertebrate and fish communities as indicators of morphological integrity in the Enz River (south-west Germany)....Pages 331-342
Identification of rivers with high and good habitat quality: methodological approach and applications in Austria....Pages 343-358
Using river habitat survey for environmental assessment and catchment planning in the U.K.....Pages 359-367
Effects of catchment properties on hydrochemistry, habitat complexity and invertebrate community structure in a lowland river....Pages 369-387
Integrated ecological assessment methods as a basis for sustainable catchment management....Pages 389-412
The development of integrated methods for assessing river conservation value....Pages 413-428
EMAP-Surface Waters: a multiassemblage, probability survey of ecological integrity in the U.S.A.....Pages 429-443
The Austrian way of assessing the ecological integrity of running waters: a contribution to the EU Water Framework Directive....Pages 445-452
Measuring the attainment of biological integrity in the USA: a critical element of ecological integrity....Pages 453-464
GIBSI — An integrated modelling system prototype for river basin management....Pages 465-475
Scientific base and modular concept for comprehensive assessment of streams in Switzerland....Pages 477-487