Adding value to water resource management through biological assessment of rivers |
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Authors: | Michael T Barbour Michael J Paul |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Ecological Sciences, Tetra Tech, Inc., 400 Red Brook Blvd, Suite 200, Owings Mills, MD 21117, USA |
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Abstract: | Water resource management encompasses a variety of regulations and mandates relevant to water protection and restoration. Awareness of the value-added biological monitoring and assessment to water resource management
is increasing worldwide, but especially in countries that have implemented proactive water law and regulatory frameworks for
protection of surface waters. Biological communities provide an integrated response to pollutants and human disturbance within
watersheds through their continuous exposure to the magnitude, duration, and frequency of stressors, and, thus, are important
for assessing ecosystem health. The selection of proper bioindicators can provide additional benefits through their use in
causal analysis of impaired waters and measurement of ecosystem recovery after restoration. A process for implementing biological
indicators in a monitoring and assessment framework is outlined for managers and practitioners of water resource protection
and restoration. |
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