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Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats

A Practical Guide and Case Studies

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Editors:
  1. Clive Hurford

    1. Orielton Field Centre, Countryside Council for Wales, Pembroke, United Kingdom

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  2. Michael Schneider

    1. Administrative Board, Västerbotten County, Umeå, Sweden

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  3. Ian Cowx

    1. International Fisheries Institute, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

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  • Highlights the need for clear conservation management goals, rarely considered in previous publications on freshwater monitoring, though fisheries are more familiar with the concept
  • Promotes the concept of integrated monitoring of biological conservation interest and water quality
  • Uses the results of field trials to draw attention to the shortcomings inherent in many existing monitoring projects

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Setting the scene

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats: An Introduction

      • Clive Hurford
      Pages 3-13

    3. Options for Planning Management

      • Terry A. Rowell
      Pages 15-21

    4. The Water Framework Directive and the Habitats and Birds Directives

      • Chris Uttley
      Pages 23-29

  3. Biological Indicators for Freshwater Habitats

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 32-32
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    2. Freshwater Mammals as Indicators of Habitat Condition

      • Michael Schneider
      Pages 33-44

    3. Waterbirds as Bioindicators of Environmental Conditions

      • Juan A. Amat, Andy J. Green
      Pages 45-52

    4. Monitoring Fish Populations in River SACs

      • Ian G. Cowx, Jonathan P. Harvey, Richard A. Noble, Andrew D. Nunn
      Pages 53-62

    5. Assessment of Aquatic Invertebrates

      • Richard Chadd
      Pages 63-72

    6. Riverine Plants as Biological Indicators

      • Richard Lansdown, Sam Bosanquet
      Pages 73-83

    7. Phytoplankton (Toxic Algae) as Biological Indicators

      • Héctor Rodríguez-Pérez, Victoria López-Rodas, Eduardo Costas
      Pages 85-90

    8. Monitoring Biological Invasions in Freshwater Habitats

      • Montserrat Vilà, Emili García-Berthou
      Pages 91-100

  4. Rivers: Threats and Monitoring Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 102-102
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    2. Threats to River Habitats and Associated Plants and Animals

      • Nigel Holmes
      Pages 103-113

    3. The Development and Application of Mean Trophic Rank (MTR)

      • Nigel Holmes
      Pages 115-124

    4. Monitoring the Ranunculion Habitat on the River Itchen: Practical Application and Constraints

      • Richard Lansdown, Tim Pankhurst
      Pages 125-136

    5. Observer Variation in River Macrophyte Surveys

      • Clive Hurford
      Pages 137-146

    6. The Implications of Observer Variation for Existing Macrophyte Recording Methods

      • Clive Hurford, Richard Lansdown
      Pages 147-158

    7. Unitisation of Protected Rivers

      • Chris Dyson
      Pages 159-166
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As in the terrestrial environment, most data collection from freshwater habitats to date falls into the survey, surveillance or research categories. The critical difference between these exercises and a monitoring project is that a monitoring project will clearly identify when we need to make a management response. A Model for Conservation Management and Monitoring Monitoring (as defined by Hellawell) is essentially a tool of practical conservation management, and Fig. 1.1 shows a simple, but effective, model for nature conser- tion management and monitoring. The need for clear decision-making is implicit in this model. First we must decide what would represent a favourable state for the key habitat or species, and then we must decide when to intervene if the state is (or becomes) unfavourable. A third, often overlooked, but equally important, decision concerns when we would consider the habitat or species to have recovered; this is unlikely to be the same point that we became concerned about it. This decision not only has resource imp- cations, it can also have major implications for other habitats and species (prey species are an obvious example). All of these decisions are essential to the devel- ment of an efficient and effective monitoring project.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Orielton Field Centre, Countryside Council for Wales, Pembroke, United Kingdom

    Clive Hurford

  • Administrative Board, Västerbotten County, Umeå, Sweden

    Michael Schneider

  • International Fisheries Institute, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

    Ian Cowx

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