Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats A Practical Guide and Case Studies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hurford, Clive. (Editor), Schneider, Michael. (Editor), Cowx, Ian. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Applied Ecology.; Aquatic biology.; Environmental toxicology.; Nature Conservation.; Life Sciences.; Ecotoxicology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9278-7

The predicted changes to global weather patterns and increases in the human population will put unprecedented pressure on European freshwater habitats and the species that depend on them. Our success in conserving the ecological value of these habitats will depend greatly on carefully planned conser...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents 1. Conservation monitoring in freshwater habitats: an introduction
• 2. Options for planning management
• 3. The Water Framework Directive and the Habitats and Birds Directives
• 4. Freshwater mammals as indicators of habitat condition
• 5. Waterbirds as bioindicators of environmental conditions
• 6. Monitoring fish populations in river SACs
• 7. Assessment of aquatic invertebrates
• 8. Riverine plants as biological indicators
• 9. Phytoplankton (toxic algae) as biological indicators
• 10. Monitoring biological invasions in freshwater habitats
• 11. Threats to river habitats and associated plants and animals
• 12. The development and application of Mean Trophic Rank (MTR)
• 13. Monitoring the Ranunculion habitat on the River Itchen
• 14. Observer variation in river macrophyte surveys
• 15. The implications of observer variation for existing macrophyte recording methods
• 16. Unitisation of protected rivers
• 17. Monitoring the Ranunculion habitat of the Western Cleddau.