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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
• References
  
• 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

References

• Biological Indicators of Watershed Health- USEPA:
  • A Function-Based Framework for Stream Assessment and Restoration Projects. 2012. Harman, W., Starr, R.,  Carter, M.,  Tweedy, K., Clemmons, M., Suggs, K., and Miller, C. 2012. US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Washington, DC. EPA 843-K-12-006. 344pp.
    
  • 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)
• Popularity of freshwater macroinvertebrates in biomonitoring
  • 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
  
  
  
• Australia (miscellaneous references):-
  

• Canada (miscellaneous references):-
  
1. Brock, H., Jean, K., and Veliz, M. 2011. Community-Based Biodiversity Strategy for the Port Franks Area-Draft. Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. 38p.
2. Favalaro, J., and Lompart, J. 2012. Benthic Macroinvertebrate Study, Thames River. Environmental and Engineering Services Dept., Wastewater Treatment Operations, City of London, Canada. 119p.
3. Fiera (Fiera Biological Consulting Ltd). 2013. State of the Watershed Report - Phase 3: Water Quantity and Basic Water Quality in the Athabasca Watershed. Report prepared for the Athabasca Watershed Council. Fiera Biological Consulting Report #1234. 802pp. (link is opened in a new window)
4. Henri de Pennart and Roy Crowther, Alpine Environmental Ltd., Tim Taylor and Mike Morden, Petro-Canada, and Shawna Mattison, Pembina Pipeline Corporation. The Use Of Ecological Risk Assessment For Regional Management Of Aquatic Impacts.
5. Jacques Whitford Environment Limited. April, in association with Atlantic Road & Traffic Management, & Hydro-Com Technologies Ltd., April 2005. Final Draft Report to Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Public Works on Environmental Assessment Highway 104 Antigonish. Project No. NSD16949. (link is opened in a new window)
   
   
6. Meissner, A.G.N., Carr, M.K., Phillips, I.D., and Lindensch, K-E. 2016.  Using a Geospatial Model to Relate Fluvial Geomorphology to Macroinvertebrate Habitat in a Prairie River—Part 2: Matching Family-Level Indices to Geomorphological Response Units (GRUs). Water 2016, 8(3), 107; doi:10.3390/w8030107. Meissner, A.G.N., Carr, M.K., Phillips, I.D., and Lindensch, K-E. 2016.  Using a Geospatial Model to Relate Fluvial Geomorphology to Macroinvertebrate Habitat in a Prairie River—Part 2: Matching Family-Level Indices to Geomorphological Response Units (GRUs). Water 2016, 8(3), 107; doi:10.3390/w8030107.  (link is opened in a new window)
   
7. Ministère du Développement Durable, de L’Environnement, de la Faune et Des Parcs (MDDEFP), 2013.  Guide de surveillance biologique basée sur les macroinvertébrés benthiques d’eau douce du Québec – Cours d’eau peu profonds à substrat grossier, 2013. Direction du suivi de l’état de l’environnement, ISBN 978-2-550-69169-3 (PDF), 2e édition : 88 p. (incluant 6 ann.). (link is opened in a new window)
8. St. Clair Region Conservation Authority, Ontario. 2008. Watershed Report Crd. 39pp.
9. Stantec. 2007. Town of Lakeshore 2006 Benthic Invertebrate Survey. 36 pg.
   
   
• India (miscellaneous references):-
1. Barman, B., and Gupta, S. 2016. Assemblage of coleoptera and hemipteran community in a stream of Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. Tropical Ecology 57(2): 243-253, 2016. ISSN 0564-3295.
   
2. Gupta, K., Verma, S.C., and Thakur, M. 2015. Assessment of surface water quality and associated aquatic insect fauna under different land uses of Barotiwala area, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. International Journal of Farm Sciences. 5(1): 168-176.
   
3. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. M.F.Sc & PhD Programs in Aquatic Environment Management – Syllabus. 29p.
   
   
• Malaysia (miscellaneous references):-
1. Mahazar, A., Shuhaimi-Othman, M., Kutty, A.A., and Desa, M.N.M. 2013. Monitoring Urban River Water Quality Using Macroinvertebrate and Physico-Chemical Parameters: Case study of Penchala River, Malaysia. Journal of Biological Sciences: 13: 474-482.
2. Wahizatul, A.A., Long, S.H. and Ahmad, A. 2011. Composition and distribution of aquatic insect communities in relation to water quality in two freshwater streams of Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management. Volume 6 Number 1, June 2011: 148-155. ISSN: 1823-8556.
   
   
• Miscellaneous leading references:-
1. Carew, M.E., Pettigrove, V.J., Metzeling, L., and Hoffmann, A.A. 2013. Environmental monitoring using next generation sequencing: rapid identification of macroinvertebrate bioindicator species. US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Frontiers in Zoology 2013, 10:45. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-10-45. (link is opened in a new window)
2. Chang, F-H., Lawrence, J.E., Rios-Touma, B., and Resh, V.H. 2013. Tolerance values of benthic macroinvertebrates for stream biomonitoring: assessment of assumptions underlying scoring systems worldwide. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Springer International Publishing, April 2014. 186-4:2135-214. (link is opened in a new window)
3. Chung, P.P., Hyne, R.V., and Ballard, J.W.O. It’s All in the Genes: How Genotype Can Impact Upon Response to Contaminant Exposure and the Implications for Biomonitoring in Aquatic Systems. 27p. (link is opened in a new window)
4. Karatayev, A.Y., Burlakova, L.E., Padilla, D.K., Mastitsky, S.E., and Olenin, S. 2009. Invaders are not a random selection of species. Biol Invasions (2009) 11:2009-2019. Springer. DOI 10.1007/s10530-009-9498-0.
5. Leng, R. 2009. The Impacts of Cultural Eutrophication on Lakes: A Review of Damages and Nutrient Control Measures. 7p.
   
   
6. Perus, J., Bonsdorff, E., Back, S., Lax, H-G., Villnas, A., and Westberg, V. 2007. Zoobenthos as Indicators of Ecological Status in Coastal Brackish Waters: A Comparative Study from the Baltic Sea. Royal Swedish Academy of Representative citations of S. M. Mandaville Page 12 (of 16)Sciences 2007. mbio Vol. 36, No. 2–3. pp 250-256.
7. Pestana, J.L.T., Alexander, A.C., Culp, J.M., Baird, D.J., Cessna, A.J., and Soares, A.M.V.M. 2009. Structural and functional responses of benthic invertebrates to imidacloprid in outdoor stream mesocosms- Combining organism-level responses with community-level processes for the evaluation and prediction of pesticide effects on stream ecosystems. Environmental Pollution 157 (2009), Elsevier. pp.2328–2334. (link is opened in a new window)
8. Selego,SM., Rose, C.L., Merovich Jr., G.T., Welsh, S.A., and T. Anderson, J.T. 2012. Community-Level Response of Fishes and Aquatic Macroinvertebrates to Stream Restoration in a Third-Order Tributary of the Potomac River, USA. Hindawi Publishing Corporation, International Journal of Ecology: Volume 2012, Article ID 753634, 9 pages. doi:10.1155/2012/753634.
   
   
• Philippines (miscellaneous references):-
• 1. Labajo-Villantes, Y.I., and Nuñeza, O.M. 2015. Macroinvertebrates as bioindicators of water quality in Labo and Clarin rivers, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. International Journal of Biosciences (IJB). Vol. 6, No. 9, p. 62-73.
  
  
• South America (miscellaneous references):-
1. Barba-Álvarez, R., De la Lanza-Espino, G., Contreras-Ramos, A., and González-Mora, e I. 2013. Aquatic insects indicators of water quality in Mexico: study cases, Copalita, Zimatán and Coyula rivers , Oaxaca. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. vol.84no.1 México mar. 2013
2. Frederico Guilherme de Souza Beghelli, André Cordeiro Alves dos Santos; Maria Virgínia Urso-Guimarães; and Maria do Carmo Calijuri. 2012. Relationship between space distribution of the benthic macroinvertebrates community and trophic state in a Neotropical reservoir (Itupararanga, Brazil). Biota Neotrop. vol.12 no.4 Campinas Oct./Dec. 2012. 12p. ISSN1676-0603.
   
   
• Thailand (miscellaneous references):-
• 1. Sripongpun, Guntharee. Benthic Macroinvertebrates as a Biological Index of Water Quality in the Lower Thachin River. pp. 168-193.
  
  
• UNEP:-
• 1.  Revenga, C. and Y. Kura. 2003. Status and Trends of Biodiversity of Inland Water Ecosystems. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Technical Series no. 11. (link is opened in a new window)
  
  
•   USA (miscellaneous references):-
1. Guild, K., Anthony, A., Bilger, M., and Holt, J. 2014. Assessment of Passive and Active Macroinvertebrate Collection Methods in Adjacent Reaches on the Upper Main Stem of the Susquehanna River. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 88(1): 47-56, 2014.
2. HDR Alaska, Inc. 2003. Cooper Lake Macroinvertebrates Study: Final 2003 Study Plan Cooper Lake Project (FERC No. 2170). Prepared for Chugach Electric Association, Inc. CLPP Relicensing Document Issuance #8G.
3. Irvine, K.N., Snyder, R.J., Diggins, T.P., Sinn, B., Chuey, C.F., Jedlicka, J., and O’Neill, J. Barrett. 2005.  Assessment of Potential Aquatic Habitat Restoration Sites In The Buffalo River Area Of Concern. 130pp.
   
4. LandStudies. 2010. Bell Bend Project Site: Supplemental Field Assessments for PPL Riverlands. Prepared for: PPL Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant County, PA. 25pp. (link is opened in a new window)
5. S. Morsell Northern Ecological Services. 2014. Grant Lake hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 13212). Aquatic Resources Study – Baseline Studies of Macroinvertebrates and Periphyton in Grant Creek Final Report. Prepared for Kenai Hydro, LLC. 52p.
6. Santos, A.N., and Stevenson, R.D. 2011. Comparison of Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Community Structure among Perennial and Non-Perennial Headwater Streams. Northeastern Naturalist 18(1):7-26. 2011.
   
   
• USDOD (US Department of Defense):-
• 1. Orzetti, L., Ecosystem Solutions, Inc. 2008. An Analysis of Forest Riparian Buffer Zones on Military Installations in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program. Under Legacy 06/7-305. 14p.
  

• USGS (U.S. Geological Survey):-
1. Microbial Source-Tracking and Detection Techniques
2. Sauer, J. 2004. Multiyear synthesis of the macroinvertebrate component from 1992 to 2002 for the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program. 2004. Final report submitted to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from the U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environment Sciences Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, December 2004. Technical Report LTRMP 2004-T005. 31 pp. + Appendixes A C. (link is opened in a new window)
3. Wolff, R.H., 2005. Feasibility of using benthic invertebrates as indicators of stream quality in Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5079, 78p. (link is opened in a new window)
   
   
• USNPS (US National Park Service):-
• 1. Rust, J.D., and Troelstrup, Jr., N.H. 2006. Descriptive Analysis of Aquatic Invertebrate Communities in Wadeable and Non-Wadeable Streams of the Northern Great Plains Network. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Vol. 85. Pp. 49-61. (link is opened in a new window)
  

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