Assessing the Sustainability ad Biological Integrity of Water Resources Using Fish Communities Edited by CRC Press Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C.
Contents FOREWORD: Wayne S. Davis SECTION I: PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1 Introduction: Biological Integrity and Use of Ecological Health Concepts for Application to Water Resource Characterization 3 Chapter 2 Using Fish Assemblages in a State Biological Assessment and Criteria Program: Essential Concepts and Considerations 17 Chris O. Yoder and Marc A. Smith Chapter 3 Collaboration, Compromise, and Conflict: How to Form Partnerships in Environmental Assessment and Monitoring 57, Robert M. Goldstein, Patricia A. Bailey, Eric Pearson, Michael Ell, Konrad Schmidt, John Emblom, and Lynn Schlueter Chapter 4 Historical Biogeography, Ecology, and Fish Distributions: Conceptual Issues for Establishing IBI Criteria 65 Rex Meade Strange Chapter 5 Applications of IBI Concepts and Metrics to Waters Outside the United States and Canada 79 Robert M. Hughes and Thierry Oberdorff SECTION II: GUILD AND METRICS DETERMINATION Chapter 6 Assessment of Baton's Reproductive Guilds with Application to Midwestern North American Freshwater Fishes 97 Chapter 7 Toward a United Definition of Guild Structure for Feeding Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes 123 Robert M. Goldstein and
Chapter 8 Influence of the Family Catostomidae on the Metrics Developed for a Great Rivers Index of Biotic Integrity 203 Erich B. Emery,, and Robert Ovies Chapter 9 The Use of External Deformities, Erosion, Lesions, and Tumors (DELT Anomalies) in Fish Assemblages for Characterizing Aquatic Resources: A Case Study of Seven Ohio Streams 225 Randall E. Sanders, Robert J. Miltner, Chris O. Yoder, and Edward T. Rankin SECTION HI: REGIONAL APPLICATIONS OF THE IBI Chapter 10 Effects of Drainage Basin Size and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Relations Between Stream Size and IBI Metrics in Virginia 249 Roy A. Smogor and Paul L. Angermeier Chapter 11 Characteristics of Fish Assemblages and Environmental Conditions in Streams of the Upper Snake River Basin, in Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming 273 Terry R. Maret Chapter 12 Classification of Freshwater Fish Species of the Northeastern United States for Use in the Development of Indices of Biological Integrity, with Regional Applications 301 David B. Halliwell, Richard W. Langdon, Robert A. Daniels, James P. Kurtenbach, and Richard A. Jacobson Chapter 13 Development of an Index of Biotic Integrity for the Species Depauperate Lake Agassiz Plain Eco Region, North Dakota and Minnesota 339 Scott Niemela, Eric Pearson,, Robert M. Goldstein, and Patricia A. Bailey Chapter 14 Applications of Indices of Biotic Integrity to California Streams and Watersheds 367 Peter B. Moyle and Michael P. Marchetti SECTION IV: APPLICATION TO FRESHWATER RESOURCE TYPES OTHER THAN WADEABLE WARMWATER STREAMS Chapter 15 Development and Application of an Index of Biotic Integrity for Coldwater Streams of the Upper Midwestern United States 383 Neal D. Mundahl and
Chapter 16 Biological Monitoring and An Index of Biotic Integrity for Lake Erie's Nearshore Waters 417 Roger F. Thoma Chapter 17 Considerations for Characterizing Midwestern Large River Habitats 463 Robin J. Reash Chapter 18 Applying an Index of Biotic Integrity Based on Great River Fish Communities: Considerations in Sampling and Interpretation 475 and Randall E. Sanders Chapter 19 Tailwater Fish Index (TFI) Development for the Tennessee River Tributary Tailwaters 507 Edwin M. Scott, Jr. Chapter 20 Reservoir Fishery Assessment Index Development: A Tool for Assessing Ecological Health in Tennessee Valley Authority Impoundments 523 Thomas A. McDonough and Gary D. Hickman Chapter 21 Toward the Development of An Index of Biotic Integrity for Inland Lakes in Wisconsin 541 Martin J. Jennings, John Lyons, Edward E. Emmons, Gene R. Hatzenbeler, Michael Bozek, Timothy D. Simonson, T. Douglas Beard, Jr., and Don Fago Chapter 22 Development of IBI Metrics for Lakes in Southern New England 563 Thomas R. Whittier SECTION V: DATA VALIDATION Chapter 23 Relations Between Fish Metrics and Measures of Anthropogenic Disturbance in Three IBI Regions in Virginia 585 Roy A. Smogor and Paul L. Angermeier Chapter 24 Methods for Deriving Maximum Species Richness Lines and Other Threshold Relationships in Biological Field Data 611 Edward T. Rankin and Chris O. Yoder Chapter 25 Adjustments to the Index of Biotic Integrity: A Summary of Ohio Experiences and Some Suggested Modifications 625 Edward T. Rankin and Chris O. Yoder
Chapter 26 Integrating Assessments of Fish and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages and Physical Habitat Conditions in Pennsylvania 639 Blaine D. Snyder, James B. Stribling, Michael T. Barbour, and Carroll L. Missimer Index