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Benjamin Jessup Jason Pappani 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2015,51(5):1408-1417
States and tribes are encouraged to use multiple biological assemblages in assessment of water bodies. An assessment index for each assemblage provides information on aspects of the aquatic resource that may be unique in terms of stressor sensitivity, stressor type, or ecological scale. However, assessment results relative to impairment thresholds can disagree among indices for an individual water body, leading to uncertain overall water‐body assessments. We explored options for combining stream indices for macroinvertebrates, fish, and habitat in ways that would yield the most consistent and sensitive results relative to established disturbance categories. Methods varied in the scoring or rating scales used to standardize each index value, the thresholds used to define impairment of aquatic life uses, and the ways of synthesizing multiple indices. The index compositing method that scores each index on a continuous scale and averages the scores after standardizing had superior accuracy, sensitivity, and precision. In addition, using the 25th quantile of reference sites instead of the 10th quantile resulted in a more balanced error rate among reference and degraded site categories. 相似文献
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Stream Invertebrate Communities, Water Quality, and Land-Use Patterns in an Agricultural Drainage Basin of Northeastern Nebraska, USA 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
We used invertebrate bioassessment, habitat analysis, geographic information system analysis of land use, and water chemistry
monitoring to evaluate tributaries of a degraded northeast Nebraska, USA, reservoir. Bimonthly invertebrate collections and
monthly water chemistry samples were collected for two years on six stream reaches to identify sources contributing to reservoir
degradation and test suitability of standard rapid bioassessment methods in this region. A composite biotic index composed
of seven commonly used metrics was effective for distinguishing between differentially impacted sites and responded to a variety
of disturbances. Individual metrics varied greatly in precision and ability to discriminate between relatively impacted and
unimpacted stream reaches. A modified Hilsenhoff index showed the highest precision (reference site CV = 0.08) but was least
effective at discriminating among sites. Percent dominance and the EPT (number of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera
taxa) metrics were most effective at discriminating between sites and exhibited intermediate precision. A trend of higher
biotic integrity during summer was evident, indicating seasonal corrections should differ from other regions. Poor correlations
were evident between water chemistry variables and bioassessment results. However, land-use factors, particularly within 18-m
riparian zones, were correlated with bioassessment scores. For example, there was a strong negative correlation between percentage
of rangeland in 18-m riparian zones and percentage of dominance in streams (r
2
= 0.90, P < 0.01). Results demonstrate that standard rapid bioassessment methods, with some modifications, are effective for use in this agricultural
region of the Great Plains and that riparian land use may be the best predictor of stream biotic integrity. 相似文献
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The Aquatic Macrophyte Community Index (AMCI) is a multipurpose tool developed to assess the biological quality of aquatic
plant communities in lakes. It can be used to specifically analyze aquatic plant communities or as part of a multimetric system
to assess overall lake quality for regulatory, planning, management, educational, or research purposes. The components of
the index are maximum depth of plant growth; percentage of the littoral zone vegetated; Simpson's diversity index; the relative
frequencies of submersed, sensitive, and exotic species; and taxa number. Each parameter was scaled based on data distributions
from a statewide database, and scaled values were totaled for the AMCI value. AMCI values were grouped and tested by ecoregion
and lake type (natural lakes and impoundments) to define quality on a regional basis. This analysis suggested that aquatic
plant communities are divided into four groups: (1) Northern Lakes and Forests lakes and impoundments, (2) North-Central Hardwood
Forests lakes and impoundments, (3) Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains lakes, and (4) Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains impoundments,
Driftless Area Lakes, and Mississippi River Backwater lakes. AMCI values decline from group 1 to group 4 and reflect general
water quality and human use trends in Wisconsin. The upper quartile of AMCI values in any region are the highest quality or
benchmark plant communities. The interquartile range consists of normally impacted communities for the region and the lower
quartile contains severely impacted or degraded plant communities. When AMCI values were applied to case studies, the values
reflected known impacts to the lakes. However, quality criteria cannot be used uncritically, especially in lakes that initially
have low nutrient levels. 相似文献
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Development and evaluation of a Macroinvertebrate Biotic Integrity Index (MBII) for regionally assessing Mid-Atlantic Highlands Streams 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Klemm DJ Blocksom KA Fulk FA Herlihy AT Hughes RM Kaufmann PR Peck DV Stoddard JL Thoeny WT Griffith MB Davis WS 《Environmental management》2003,31(5):0656-0669
The Macroinvertebrate Biotic Integrity Index (MBII) was developed from data collected at 574 wadeable stream reaches in the
Mid-Atlantic Highlands region (MAHR) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program (EMAP). Over 100 candidate metrics were evaluated for range, precision, responsiveness to various disturbances, relationship
to catchment area, and redundancy. Seven metrics were selected, representing taxa richness (Ephemeroptera richness, Plecoptera
richness, Trichoptera richness), assemblage composition (percent non-insect individuals, percent 5 dominant taxa), pollution
tolerance [Macroinvertebrate Tolerance Index (MTI)], and one functional feeding group (collector-filterer richness). We scored
metrics and summed them, then ranked the resulting index through use of independently evaluated reference stream reaches.
Although sites were classified into lowland and upland ecoregional groups, we did not need to develop separate scoring criteria
for each ecoregional group. We were able to use the same metrics for pool and riffle composite samples, but we had to score
them differently. Using the EMAP probability design, we inferred the results, with known confidence bounds, to the 167,797
kilometers of wadeable streams in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands. We classified 17% of the target stream length in the MAHR as
good, 57% as fair, and 26% as poor. Pool-dominated reaches were relatively rare in the MAHR, and the usefulness of the MBII
was more difficult to assess in these reaches. The process used for developing the MBII is widely applicable and resulted
in an index effective in evaluating region-wide conditions and distinguishing good and impaired reaches among both upland
and lowland streams dominated by riffle habitat. 相似文献
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Development of a Bird Integrity Index: Measuring Avian Response to Disturbance in the Blue Mountains of Oregon, USA 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Bryce SA 《Environmental management》2006,38(3):470-486
The Bird Integrity Index (BII) presented here uses bird assemblage information to assess human impacts to 28 stream reaches
in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. Eighty-one candidate metrics were extracted from bird survey data for testing. The
metrics represented aspects of bird taxonomic richness, tolerance or intolerance to human disturbance, dietary preferences,
foraging techniques, and nesting strategies that were expected to be positively or negatively affected by human activities
in the region. To evaluate the responsiveness of each metric, it was plotted against an index of reach and watershed disturbance
that included attributes of land use/land cover, road density, riparian cover, mining impacts, and percent area in clearcut
and partial-cut logging. Nine of the 81 candidate bird metrics remained after eliminating unresponsive and highly correlated
metrics. Individual metric scores ranged from 0 to 10, and BII scores varied between 0 and 100. BII scores varied from 78.6
for a minimally disturbed, reference stream reach to 30.4 for the most highly disturbed stream reach. The BII responded clearly
to varying riparian conditions and to the cumulative effects of disturbances, such as logging, grazing, and mining, which
are common in the mountains of eastern Oregon. This BII for eastern Oregon was compared to an earlier BII developed for the
agricultural and urban disturbance regime of the Willamette Valley in western Oregon. The BII presented here was sensitive
enough to distinguish differences in condition among stream riparian zones with disturbances that were not as obvious or irreversible
as those in the agricultural/urban conditions of western Oregon. 相似文献
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Development of a bird integrity index: using bird assemblages as indicators of riparian condition 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
We describe the development of a bird integrity index (BII) that uses bird assemblage information to assess human impacts
on 13 stream reaches in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA. We used bird survey data to test 62 candidate metrics representing
aspects of bird taxonomic richness, tolerance or intolerance to human disturbance, dietary preferences, foraging techniques,
and nesting strategies that were affected positively or negatively by human activities. We evaluated the metric responsiveness
by plotting each one against a measure of site disturbance that included aspects of land use/land cover, road density, riparian
cover, and stream channel and substrate conditions. In addition, we eliminated imprecise and highly correlated (redundant)
metrics, leaving 13 metrics for the final index. Individual metric scores ranged continuously from 0 to 10, and index scores
were weighted to range from 0 to 100. Scores were calibrated using historical species information to set expectations for
the number of species expected under minimally disturbed conditions. Site scores varied from 82 for the least disturbed stream
reach to 8.5 for an urban site. We compared the bird integrity index site scores with the performance of other measures of
biotic response developed during this study: a fish index of biointegrity (IBI) and two benthic macroinvertebrate metrics.
The three assemblages agreed on the general level of disturbance; however, individual sites scored differently depending on
specific indicator response to in-stream or riparian conditions. The bird integrity index appears to be a useful management
and monitoring tool for assessing riparian integrity and communicating the results to the public. Used together with aquatic
indicator response and watershed data, bird assemblage information contributes to a more complete picture of stream condition. 相似文献
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We evaluated a simple bioassessment method based on a priori river typology to predict benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in
riffle sites of rivers in the absence of human influence. Our approach predicted taxon lists specific to four river types
differing in catchment area with a method analogous to the site-specific RIVPACS-type models. The reference sites grouped
in accordance with their type in NMS ordination, indicating that the typology efficiently accounted for natural variation
in macroinvertebrate assemblages. Compared with a null model, typology greatly increased the precision of prediction and sensitivity
to detect human impairment and strengthened the correlation of the ratio of observed-to-expected number of predicted taxa
(O/E) with the measured stressor variables. The performance of the typology-based approach was equal to that of a RIVPACS-type
predictive model that we developed. Exclusion of rarest taxa with low occurrence probabilities improved the performance of
both approaches by all criteria. With an increasing inclusion threshold of occurrence probability, especially the predictive
model sensitivity first increased but then decreased. Many common taxa with intermediate type-specific occurrence probabilities
were consistently missing from impacted sites, a result suggesting that these taxa may be especially important in detecting
human disturbances. We conclude that if a typology-based approach such as that suggested by the European Union’s Water Framework
Directive is required, the O/E ratio of type-specific taxa can be a useful metric for assessment of the status of riffle macroinvertebrate
communities. Successful application of the approach, however, requires biologically meaningful river types with a sufficient
pool of reference sites for each type. 相似文献
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Response of Fish and Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Indices to Water Chemistry in a Mined Appalachian Watershed 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Multimetric indices based on fish and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages are commonly used to assess the biological integrity
of aquatic ecosystems. However, their response to specific stressors is rarely known. We quantified the response of a fish-based
index (Mid-Atlantic Highlands Index of Biotic Integrity, MAH-IBI) and a benthic invertebrate-based index (West Virginia Stream
Condition Index, WV-SCI) to acid mine drainage (AMD)-related stressors in 46 stream sites within the Cheat River watershed,
West Virginia. We also identified specific stressor concentrations at which biological impairment was always or never observed.
Water chemistry was extremely variable among tributaries of the Cheat River, and the WV-SCI was highly responsive across a
range of AMD stressor levels. Furthermore, impairment to macroinvertebrate communities was observed at relatively low stressor
concentrations, especially when compared to state water quality standards. In contrast to the WV-SCI, we found that the MAH-IBI
was significantly less responsive to local water quality conditions. Low fish diversity was observed in several streams that
possessed relatively good water quality. This pattern was especially pronounced in highly degraded subwatersheds, suggesting
that regional conditions may have a strong influence on fish assemblages in this system. Our results indicate that biomonitoring
programs in mined watersheds should include both benthic invertebrates, which are consistent indicators of local conditions,
and fishes, which may be indicators of regional conditions. In addition, remediation programs must address the full suite
of chemical constituents in AMD and focus on improving linkages among streams within drainage networks to ensure recovery
of invertebrate and fish assemblages. Future research should identify the precise chemical conditions necessary to maintain
biological integrity in mined Appalachian watersheds. 相似文献
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Methodological Development of an Index of Coastal Water Quality: Application in a Tourist Area 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
With the aim of obtaining an index of coastal water quality, a methodological procedure based on numerical classification and discriminant analysis is presented. The procedure was applied to nutrient data (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and phosphate) analyzed along the coastal waters of a Spanish tourist area. Using numerical classification, three levels of nutrient loading were revealed, characterizing oligotrophic, mesotrophic, and potentially eutrophic waters. Discriminant analysis was shown to be an effective methodological tool in the discrimination between trophic groups. For every group, the discriminant procedure generated the centroids. The centroids representing oligotrophic and potentially eutrophic conditions were used to establish the two extremes of the continuum of mesotrophic conditions in these coastal waters: Standardizing values from -1 to 1, the centroids for oligotrophic and potentially eutrophic waters yielded an interval that defined the range of mesotrophic conditions. This interval is proposed as a water quality index. The ability of the coastal water quality index to successfully predict mesotrophic conditions was proved with random samples. 相似文献
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A Multiattribute Index for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Regional Development Projects: A Case Study of Korea 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Evaluating environmental impacts has become an increasingly vital part of environmental management. In the present study,
a methodological procedure based on multiattribute utility theory (MAUT) has been applied to obtain a decision-maker's value
index on assessment of the environmental impacts. The paper begins with an overview of MAUT. Next, we elicited strategic objectives
and several important attributes, and then structured them into a hierarchy, with the aim of structuring and quantifying the
basic values for the assessment. An environmental multiattribute index is constructed as a multiattribute utility function,
based on value judgements provided by a decision-maker at the Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE). The implications of the
results are useful for many aspects of MOE's environmental policies; identifying the strategic objectives and basic values;
facilitating communication about the organization's priorities; and recognizing decision opportunities that face decision-makers
of Korea. 相似文献
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Daren M. Carlisle Michael R. Meador 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2007,43(5):1194-1207
Abstract: A predictive model (RIVPACS‐type) for benthic macroinvertebrates was constructed to assess the biological condition of 1,087 streams sampled throughout the eastern United States from 1993‐2003 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water‐Quality Assessment Program. A subset of 338 sites was designated as reference quality, 28 of which were withheld from model calibration and used to independently evaluate model precision and accuracy. The ratio of observed (O) to expected (E) taxa richness was used as a continuous measure of biological condition, and sites with O/E values <0.8 were classified as biologically degraded. Spatiotemporal variability of O/E values was evaluated with repeated annual and within‐site samples at reference sites. Values of O/E were regressed on a measure of urbanization in three regions and compared among streams in different land‐use settings. The model accurately predicted the expected taxa at validation sites with high precision (SD = 0.11). Within‐site spatial variability in O/E values was much larger than annual and among‐site variation at reference sites and was likely caused by environmental differences among sampled reaches. Values of O/E were significantly correlated with basin road density in the Boston, Massachusetts (p < 0.001), Birmingham, Alabama (p = 0.002), and Green Bay, Wisconsin (p = 0.034) metropolitan areas, but the strength of the relations varied among regions. Urban streams were more depleted of taxa than streams in other land‐use settings, but larger networks of riparian forest appeared to mediate biological degradation. Taxa that occurred less frequently than predicted by the model were those known to be generally intolerant of a variety of anthropogenic stressors. 相似文献
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Gordon Nigh 《Environmental management》1998,22(2):197-202
/ British Columbia has an ecosystem classification system that classifies sites into site series. Foresters commonly measure the productivity of these sites by their site index. In British Columbia, site index is defined as the height of a stand at breast height age 50 and is usually estimated from height-age models. Biogeoclimatic site series/site index relationships are an increasingly popular method of estimating site index in British Columbia for stands where site index cannot be reliably estimated with height-age models. The precision of the predicted site index from these relationships can be evaluated with prediction intervals. This is done for the predicted site index of a single site, a group of sites, or the areally weighted site index of a group of sites. The methodology is also useful in determining the number of sites required to meet a specified precision. These prediction intervals will assist foresters in making sound forest management decisions.KEY WORDS: Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification; Precision; Prediction interval; Site index; Site series 相似文献
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Blocksom KA 《Environmental management》2003,31(5):0670-0682
When biological metrics are combined into a multimetric index for bioassessment purposes, individual metrics must be scored
as unitless numbers to be combined into a single index value. Among different multimetric indices, methods of scoring metrics
may vary widely in the type of scaling used and the way in which metric expectations are established. These differences among
scoring methods may influence the performance characteristics of the final index that is created by summing individual metric
scores. The Macroinvertebrate Biotic Integrity Index (MBII), a multimetric index, was developed previously for first through
third order streams in the Mid-Atlantic highlands of the United States. In this study, six metric scoring methods were evaluated
for the MBII using measures related to site condition and index variability, including the degree of overlap between impaired
and reference distributions, relationships to a stressor gradient, within-sample index variability, temporal variability,
and the minimum detectable difference. Measures of index variability were affected to a greater degree than those of index
responsiveness by both the type of scaling (discrete or continuous) and the method of setting expectations. A scoring method
using continuous scaling and setting metric expectations using the 95th percentile of the entire distribution of sites performed
the best overall for the MBII. These results showed that the method of scoring metrics affects the properties of the final
index, particularly variability, and should be examined in developing a multimetric index because these properties can affect
the number of condition classes (e.g., unimpaired, impaired) an index can distinguish. 相似文献
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王绍辉 《中国环境管理干部学院学报》2000,(2)
农业可持续发展是实现我国可持续发展的重要保证。本文在系统论述农业可持续发展的内涵及判别标准的基础上,提出一套有效的农业可持续发展评价指标体系。 相似文献
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A water quality index expressed as a single number is developed to describe overall water quality conditions using multiple water quality variables. The index consists of water quality variables: dissolved oxygen, specific conductivity, turbidity, total phosphorus, and fecal coliform. The objectives of this study were to describe the preexisting indices and to define a new water quality index that has advantages over these indices. The new index was applied to the Big Lost River Watershed in Idaho, and the results gave a quantitative picture for the water quality situation. If the new water quality index for the impaired water is less than a certain number, remediation—likely in the form of total maximum daily loads or changing the management practices—may be needed. The index can be used to assess water quality for general beneficial uses. Nevertheless, the index cannot be used in making regulatory decisions, indicate water quality for specific beneficial uses, or indicate contamination from trace metals, organic contaminants, and toxic substances. 相似文献
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基于模糊综合评价法与单因子指数评价法的水质评价 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
通过2012年5月至10月对凡河榛子岭水库上游河段的水质监测,采用模糊综合评价法对凡河榛子岭水库上游河段水体的水质状况进行了综合评价,同时与单因子指数评价法评价结果进行对比分析。结果表明,2种评价方法的评价结果存在较大差异,采用模糊综合评价法评价得到的水质评价结果相对较好;采用模糊综合评价法评价,仅6月的杨坟沟、岱海寨断面及9月的杨坟沟断面的水质为Ⅴ类,其他月份各监测断面的水质均符合Ⅲ类水质标准要求;而采用单因子指数评价法的评价结果仅9月份的杨坟沟断面的水质达到Ⅱ类水质,其余各月三个断面监测的水质均超出Ⅴ类水质标准。在水质评价中,应根据评价目的合理选择水质评价方法,使水质评价结果更为准确。 相似文献
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以可持续发展相关理论为基础,利用系统工程的理论和方法建立了河北省县域可持续发展指标体系及其评价标准,并在全省范围应用,对全省136个县(市)可持续发展能力做出了评价。结合评价结果,阐述了河北省县域可持续发展能力的特征,提出了河北省县域可持续发展的方向和思路。 相似文献
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The Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on Annual Floods in the Rivers of Western Canada 下载免费PDF全文
Sunil Gurrapu Jeannine‐Marie St‐Jacques David J. Sauchyn Kyle R. Hodder 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2016,52(5):1031-1045
We analyzed annual peak flow series from 127 naturally flowing or naturalized streamflow gauges across western Canada to examine the impact of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) on annual flood risk, which has been previously unexamined in detail. Using Spearman's rank correlation ρ and permutation tests on quantile‐quantile plots, we show that higher magnitude floods are more likely during the negative phase of the PDO than during the positive phase (shown at 38% of the stations by Spearman's rank correlations and at 51% of the stations according to the permutation tests). Flood frequency analysis (FFA) stratified according to PDO phase suggests that higher magnitude floods may also occur more frequently during the negative PDO phase than during the positive phase. Our results hold throughout much of this region, with the upper Fraser River Basin, the Columbia River Basin, and the North Saskatchewan River Basin particularly subject to this effect. Our results add to other researchers' work questioning the wholesale validity of the key assumption in FFA that the annual peak flow series at a site is independently and identically distributed. Hence, knowledge of large‐scale climate state should be considered prior to the design and construction of infrastructure. 相似文献