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 conservation management integrated with efficient and reliable monitoring.
Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats focuses on the need to develop clear, site-specific, conservation management goals; something rarely considered in previous publications on freshwater monitoring. The early chapters explore the use of biological indicators for monitoring and provide practical guidance for developing and implementing efficient and reliable monitoring projects. The remainder of the book is dedicated to a series of carefully selected case studies illustrating best practice in both decision-making and application across a range of habitats and species.
This timely book will provide a valuable reference for students and researchers in biological and environmental sciences, and for practitioners working in government departments, conservation organisations and ecological consultancies. It will be an essential resource for anyone working towards fulfilling the requirements of both the Water Framework Directive and the EC Habitats Directive.
Author(s): Clive Hurford (auth.), Clive Hurford, Michael Schneider, Ian Cowx (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 415
Tags: Applied Ecology; Nature Conservation; Ecotoxicology; Ecology; Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats: An Introduction....Pages 3-13
Options for Planning Management....Pages 15-21
The Water Framework Directive and the Habitats and Birds Directives....Pages 23-29
Front Matter....Pages 32-32
Freshwater Mammals as Indicators of Habitat Condition....Pages 33-44
Waterbirds as Bioindicators of Environmental Conditions....Pages 45-52
Monitoring Fish Populations in River SACs....Pages 53-62
Assessment of Aquatic Invertebrates....Pages 63-72
Riverine Plants as Biological Indicators....Pages 73-83
Phytoplankton (Toxic Algae) as Biological Indicators....Pages 85-90
Monitoring Biological Invasions in Freshwater Habitats....Pages 91-100
Front Matter....Pages 102-102
Threats to River Habitats and Associated Plants and Animals....Pages 103-113
The Development and Application of Mean Trophic Rank (MTR)....Pages 115-124
Monitoring the Ranunculion Habitat on the River Itchen: Practical Application and Constraints....Pages 125-136
Observer Variation in River Macrophyte Surveys....Pages 137-146
The Implications of Observer Variation for Existing Macrophyte Recording Methods....Pages 147-158
Unitisation of Protected Rivers....Pages 159-166
Front Matter....Pages 168-168
Monitoring the Ranunculion Habitat of the Western Cleddau: A Case Study....Pages 169-178
Monitoring of Cryphaea lamyana on the Afon Teifi SSSI/SAC: A Case Study....Pages 179-191
Monitoring Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus Ammocoetes in SAC Rivers: A Case Study on the River Wye....Pages 193-206
Monitoring Juvenile Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout in the River Sävarån, Northern Sweden....Pages 207-218
Front Matter....Pages 168-168
Shad Monitoring in the Afon Tywi SAC: A Case Study....Pages 219-230
Monitoring the Effects of Acidification and Liming on Water Quality in a Boreal Stream: The River Stridbäcken in Northern Sweden....Pages 231-244
Front Matter....Pages 246-246
A Baseline for Monitoring the Freshwater Natura 2000 Vegetation of the Teifi Pools (Afon Teifi SAC), Wales....Pages 247-260
Aquatic Plant Monitoring in the Broads....Pages 261-276
Monitoring Stoneworts Chara spp. at Bosherston Lakes....Pages 277-290
Monitoring Wetland Mammals: An Ecological Case Study....Pages 291-305
Ringed Seals in the Gulf of Bothnia....Pages 307-322
Front Matter....Pages 324-324
An Integrated Monitoring Programme for Doñana Natural Space: The Set-Up and Implementation....Pages 325-337
Monitoring Aquatic Ecosystems at Doñana Natural Space....Pages 339-355
Endangered Waterbirds at Doñana Natural Space....Pages 357-373
Monitoring Marsh Dynamics Through Remote Sensing....Pages 375-386
New Technologies for Long-Term Biodiversity Monitoring....Pages 387-397
Back Matter....Pages 401-415
