Assessment of the ecological condition of freshwater streams in the Darwin region : evidence from a survey of macroinvertebrate communities and water quality in the early dry season 2001
Details:
Title
Assessment of the ecological condition of freshwater streams in the Darwin region : evidence from a survey of macroinvertebrate communities and water quality in the early dry season 2001,
Creator
Dostine, P. L.,
Northern Territory. Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, Natural Resource Management Division,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
43/2002,
Date
2002-11-01,
Location
Darwin region,
Description
The focus of this assessment is benthic macroinvertebrate community structure and the measurement of complementary water quality variables. Macro invertebrates provide several advantages for monitoring programs. They can be abundant and diverse, are easily sampled and with appropriate skills can be easily identified. They are known to respond to variation in water quality and are currently in widespread use throughout the world for assessing biological condition.,
Notes
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),
Table of contents
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Methods -- Study area -- Macro invertebrate communities -- Environmental variables -- Data analysis -- Results -- Macro invertebrates communities -- Water quality -- Discussion -- Patterns in community organisation -- Assessment of ecological condition -- Recommendations for further work -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendices,
Language
English,
Subject
Rivers -- Environmental aspects -- Northern Territory -- Darwin Region,
Water -- Sampling -- Northern Territory -- Darwin Region,
Environmental monitoring -- Northern Territory -- Darwin Region,
Water Quality,
Macroinvertebrate communitites,