Biological response signatures: indicator patterns using aquatic communities

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Autor: Simon, Thomas P..
ISBN: 978-0-8493-0905-2.
Editorial: CRC PRESS LLC
Características: 2003, 576 Págs., 2003, Inglés, Cartoné.
Precio orientativo: ,00 euros (IVA incluido).
Materia: Geologia/ciencias de la tierra.
Sub-materia: Oceanografia/biologia marina.

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Sinopsis de Biological response signatures: indicator patterns using aquatic communities

Uses a variety of environmental indicators including chemistry, toxicity testing, habitat, aquatic macrophytes, diatoms, macroinvertebrates, fish amphibians, mussels, and birds. Provides background literature and case studies on non-point source pollution including pesticides, sediment quantity, confined disposal facilities, urbanization, silviculture, and mining. Presents perspectives on diagnosing cause and effect, community response to stress, and source determination. Includes new state-of-the-art diagnostic tools that can be used to evaluate the magnitude and extent of impacts. The use of environmental assessment procedures within monitoring frameworks demands that there be some relevancy to the decisions that management agencies make using biological criteria. These biological criteria standards are the basis for environmental indicators, which provide a direct measure of environmental quality. Biological Response Si...