Assessing the biological quality of freshwaters:RIVPACS and other techniques-Soft Back

This book presents an account of developments in predictive bioassessment systems for classifying and monitoring fresh waters, based on macroinvertebrates. It describes in considerable detail developments with the River Invertebrate Prediction and Classification System (RIVPACS) of the UK, the AUSRIVAS programme in Australia, and the BEAST in Canada. Multimetric methods from North America, bioassessment approaches in The Netherlands, Sweden and Spain, and the application of artificial intelligence techniques are all included.� Author JF Wright, DW Sutcliffe & MT Furse Published by FBA 2000 Format: Hardcover, size 250 x 170 mm, 400 pages� ISBN: 9780900386626�