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Christman, Van D. "Ecology of benthic macroinvertebrates in experimental ponds." Diss., This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07282008-134927/.

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Johansson, Andreas. "Effects of beaver dams on benthic macroinvertebrates." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-396803.

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In the 1870's the beaver (Castor fiber), population in Sweden had been exterminated. Thebeaver was reintroduced to Sweden from the Norwegian population between 1922 and 1939.Today the population has recovered and it is estimated that the population of C. fiber in all ofEurope today ranges around 639,000 individuals. The main aim with this study was toinvestigate if there was any difference in species diversity between sites located upstream anddownstream of beaver ponds. I found no significant difference in species diversity betweenthese sites and the geographical location of the streams did n

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Gabel, Friederike. "Impacts of ship-induced waves on benthic macroinvertebrates." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16498.

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Schifffahrt stellt weltweit eine der wichtigsten Nutzungen der Flüsse und Seen dar, die zukünftig weiter zu nimmt. Sie schädigt Ufer durch Wellenschlag erheblich. Die Effekte von Schiffswellen auf benthische Wirbellose sind aber bisher kaum bekannt, obwohl diese eine zentrale Rolle im litoralen Nahrungsnetz spielen. Daher untersuchte ich 1) die direkten Effekte von Schiffswellen auf benthische Wirbellose, 2) die resultierenden Auswirkungen auf trophische Interaktionen und 3) das Wachstum und die Fitness von Wirbellosen, sowie 4) die langfristigen Änderungen der litoralen Wirbellosenzönosen. L

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Garey, Andrew L. "The Effects of Hydropeaking on Lotic Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages." VCU Scholars Compass, 2015. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4057.

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The term hydropeaking refers to anthropogenically induced, short-duration, high-magnitude discharge pulses that are generated in lotic systems for electricity production. The practice of hydropeaking produces the largest source of renewable energy worldwide, and its use is projected to increase through the year 2040. The primary objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of hydropeaking on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages, which are important components of lotic ecosystems. Results of this work show that, across a wide range of impacted systems worldwide, the consistently observed

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O'Hare, Matthew Thomas. "Flow preferences of benthic macroinvertebrates in three Scottish rivers." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312705.

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Song, Mi-Young. "Ecological quality assessment of stream ecosystems using benthic macroinvertebrates." Toulouse 3, 2007. http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/224/.

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Dans cette étude, nous avons appliqué le modèle SOM (Self-Organizing Map) pour une évaluation de la qualité écologique de l'écosystème aquatique en se basant sur les macroinvertébrés benthiques. D'abord, dans le chapitre I, le SOM a été utilisé pour extraire les informations à partir de grandes matrices de données complexes de variables environnementales et des macroinvertébrés benthiques des différents microhabitats. Bien que les échantillonnages aient e��té réalisés dans une zone limitée, le patron des variables environnementales révèle une hétérogénéité spatiale. Les classes de macroinverté

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Roberts, Lenn Darrell. "Benthic Macroinvertebrate Susceptibility to Trout Farm Effluents." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35004.

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The direct effects of a Virginia trout farm on benthic macroinvertebrates were examined using multiple approaches. Static laboratory tests with the amphipod, Hyallela azteca, were conducted with exposures to water taken from a spring, effluent above a sedimentation basin, and effluent below a sedimentation basin. On-site mesocosms were constructed to expose previously colonized artificial substrates to the same treatments as the laboratory tests. Flat-headed mayflies were also collected from a nearby stream and transported to the mesocosms for a 10 day exposure. There was no significant di

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Foster, Carole A. "Benthic macroinvertebrates in Uvas Creek, California, downstream of a reservoir." Thesis, San Jose State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1583489.

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<p> I sampled macroinvertebrates in May, July, and October 2008 in Uvas Creek, a reservoir-regulated stream in south Santa Clara County, California, to assess what factors (including canopy closure, turbidity, and stream flow) downstream of the reservoir were related to food availability for rearing juvenile Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). I found benthic and drifting macroinvertebrate biomass was considerably greater during most months in the more open-canopied two sites in the downstream reach as compared to the densely shaded, more turbid and silty two sites in the upstream reach. Abunda

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Kaller, Michael D. "Effects of sediment upon benthic macroinvertebrates in forested northern Appalachian streams." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1862.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2001.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 157 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

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McNish, Julie Helen. "An interdisciplinary assessment of variations in acidity in Yorkshire rivers, with special reference to episodic acidification of headwaters in the Esk catchment." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285628.

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Béjar, Maceiras María. "Interactions between sediment transport, physical habitat and benthic communities in a mountainous river affected by natural and human disturbances." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/664346.

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Aquesta tesi presenta noves idees sobre les interaccions entre processos físics (transport de sediments, cabal i hàbitat) i ecològics (comunitats bentòniques, deriva de macroinvertebrats) resultants de pertorbacions naturals (afluents, riuades) i antròpiques (extraccions d’àrids a la llera i hidro-puntes o embolades) en un riu de muntanya (tram alt del riu Cinca, vessant Sud dels Pirineus). S’analitzen processos i interaccions a múltiples escales temporals (des de l’escala instantània a l’anual) i espacials (des del nivell de partícula fins el tram fluvial). La identificació de les escales d’i

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Khan, Muhammad Irfan. "A lotic microcosm for ecological and ecotoxicological studies on benthic macroinvertebrates." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.320214.

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Neale, Martin William. "Classifying and measuring the ecological status of lakes using benthic macroinvertebrates." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.414101.

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Tharme, Rebecca Elizabeth. "Ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates: characterization and application." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11040.

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Intensifying hydrologic alteration and the resultant degradation of river ecosystems worldwide have catalyzed a growing body of ecohydrological research into the relationships between flow regime attributes, physical habitat dynamics and biotic response, particularly for determining environmental flows. While invertebrate response to floods has received most attention, in this thesis the aim was to identify and characterize low flows that constituted various degrees of physical disturbance to benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages of perennial rivers.

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McTammany, Matthew Eric Jr. "The Impact of Urbanization on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Southern Appalachian Streams." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46508.

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Macroinvertebrate assemblage structure was compared from 12 streams differing in urbanization type and degree. Urbanization, both historical and current, was measured using several variables generated from GIS overlays of land cover, aerial photographs, and field exploration in the study watersheds. Quantitative benthic macroinvertebrate samples were taken, and a variety of physicochemical characteristics were measured. Increasing urbanization resulted in a decline in diversity and abundance of intolerant organisms. Streams in industrial areas had greater invertebrate density due to large

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Eby, Gloria. "TMDL BIOASSESSMENT SAMPLING OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES FOR LAKE JESUP AND LAKE SEMINARY." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3899.

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The objective of this study was to obtain a bioassessment using benthic macroinvertebrates to meet TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) criteria for an oligotrophic (Lake Seminary) and an eutrophic (Lake Jesup) freshwater system in Seminole County, Florida. Monthly sampling of the benthic macroinverterbrate communities provided important biological data necessary to construct TMDL protocol and trophic state. Since macroinvertebrates are near the base of the food chain, they not only provide a critical role in the natural flow of energy and cycling of nutrients through the food web, but also provide

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Lage, Fernanda. "Aplicação da tríade de qualidade do sedimento em análise espacial no reservatório do Guarapiranga (SP, Brasil)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41134/tde-19032014-141437/.

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Com o intuito de conhecer o histórico da comunidade bentônica no reservatório do Guarapiranga para futuro estudo sobre a influência das diferentes formas de poluição na represa sobre o zoobentos, este trabalho foi desenvolvido a fim de coletar dados históricos da fauna de fundo e se houve variação na estrutura da comunidade ou não. Foram analisados quatro trabalhos realizados no período de inverno em quatro regiões médio-profundal do reservatório (Guarapiranga, Embu-Mirim, Embu-Guaçu e Parelheiros) ao longo dos anos, 1939, 1976, 1996 e 2010. A riqueza de dados presentada nos trabalhos refletiu

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Eliason, Kevin Matthew. "The Short Term Responses of Benthic Macroinvertebrates to the Removal of Riparian Rhododendron in Southern Appalachian Streams." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77931.

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The southern Appalachian forests of the United States are undergoing changes due to the death of hemlock trees attacked by the hemlock wooly adelgid. This paper addresses the management impacts of Rhododendron maximum removal in the riparian and upslope areas previously occupied by hemlock. This study measured the consequences macroinvertebrates faced due to riparian Rhododendron removal from 300 m reaches of two low order streams. Two additional low order streams served as reference sites for the experiment. The stream macroinvertebrate communities were assessed using a before-after controll

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Sandin, Leonard. "Spatial and temporal variability of stream benthic macroinvertebrates : implications for environmental assessment /." Uppsala : Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 2000. http://epsilon.slu.se/avh/2000/91-576-6056-5.pdf.

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Little, Sally. "The impact of increasing saline penetration upon estuarine and riverine benthic macroinvertebrates." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2012. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9737.

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Coastal and estuarine systems worldwide are under threat from future global climate change, with potential consequences including increased penetration of tidal driven salt water into estuarine surface waters. In coastal climate change research this issue has been neglected, despite increases in salinity potentially detrimentally impacting upper estuarine and riverine ecosystem function worldwide. In this research the first direct attempt is made at predicting the impact of future climate-driven increases in saline penetration upon estuarine and riverine benthic macroinvertebrate communities t

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Freeman, Emily K. "Effects of Dreissenid Mussel Druses on Heavy Metals Transfer via Benthic Macroinvertebrates." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1372077038.

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Irving, Katherine Sarah [Verfasser]. "Improvement of Global Change Projections for Riverine Benthic Macroinvertebrates / Katherine Sarah Irving." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1214641342/34.

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Sullivan, Joseph C. "Contemporary assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates and fish interactions in the Truckee River, NV." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2009. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1472981.

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Raunio, J. (Janne). "The use of Chironomid Pupal Exuvial Technique (CPET) in freshwater biomonitoring: applications for boreal rivers and lakes." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2008. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514286834.

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Abstract In this thesis, I used the Chironomid Pupal Exuvial Technique (CPET) to detect anthropogenic impacts and to determine chironomid species composition in boreal rivers and lakes. The main objectives of the thesis research were i) to evaluate the importance of timing of sampling in the use of the CPET method (I, II), ii) to identify chironomid indicators of different environmental conditions (II, III, IV), and iii) to compare performance of the CPET method and more traditional sampling techniques in detecting anthropogenic impacts and chironomid species composition (III, V). I also deter

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Amos, Katlyn L. "Investigating Historical and Contemporary Land Cover Effects on Macroinvertebrate Communities and Water Quality of Virginia Piedmont Streams." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50513.

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I investigated the relationships between historical and contemporary land cover and macroinvertebrate communities, water quality, and nutrient levels in 10 streams in a historically agricultural region of the Virginia Piedmont. Historical (1963) and contemporary (2011) impervious surface, open area, and forested cover were evaluated using aerial photos and GIS data. Macroinvertebrates were collected in the fall of 2012 and spring of 2013. Water quality parameters (temperature, conductivity, alkalinity, hardness, and DO) and nutrient concentrations (NH3+NH4, PO4-P, NO3-N, Cl, and SO4) were meas

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Dahl, Joakim. "Detection of human-induced stress in streams : comparison of bioassessment approaches using macroinvertebrates /." Uppsala : Dept. of Environmental Assessment, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 2004. http://epsilon.slu.se/s332.pdf.

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Ranganath, Sheila Casaba. "Recovery of Channel Morphology and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages after Livestock Exclusion." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33455.

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Measurements in paired stream reaches with and without livestock access in southwestern Virginia suggest that livestock exclusion practices installed on short, isolated stream reaches result in improved geomorphic and riparian vegetation condition, but do not significantly improve the benthic macroinvertebrate assemblage. Detailed longitudinal and cross-sectional surveys, pebble counts, and rapid geomorphic assessments were conducted on contiguous, paired stream reaches (5 pairs) with and without active livestock access across a range of time since livestock exclusion was implemented. In addi

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Hedrick, Lara B. "Evaluation of the impacts of highway construction on sediment and benthic macroinvertebrates in Appalachian streams." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5643.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2008.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 162 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

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Longing, Scott Douglas. "Ecological studies of benthic macroinvertebrates for determining sedimentation impacts in Chattahoochee National Forest streams." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27008.

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Understanding sedimentation impacts to benthic macroinvertebrates in headwater, mountain streams is a top priority of watershed management programs in the Chattahoochee National Forest. Five studies involving the analysis of historical, biological survey data and current data were conducted to improve our understanding of macroinvertebrate response to sedimentation and to support the development of biological information for sediment load models to be applied in the Chattooga River watershed. An initial analysis of historical data involving a composited, macroinvertebrate reach-scale sample

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Hilderbrand, Robert Howard. "Relations between large woody debris, physical habitat, and benthic macroinvertebrates in Appalachian mountain streams." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06082009-170744/.

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KORPIK, JEFFERY S. "IMPACT OF HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY ON THE BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY IN A MULTI-STRESSED URBAN STREAM." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1123858583.

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Vasconcelos, Márlon de Castro. "Efeito do sedimento fino de origem terrestre sobre a fauna de macroinvertebrados bentônicos em riachos." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/10908.

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O aporte de sedimento fino é um dos principais agentes causadores de impactos a ecossistemas aquáticos. Este trabalho teve por finalidade avaliar por experimentalmente o efeito do sedimento fino sobre a fauna de macroinvertebrados bentônicos em um riacho subtropical. O local escolhido foi o rio Forqueta no distrito de Barra do Ouro pertencente ao município de Maquiné, RS. Foi adicionado por tratamento cerca 3138 cm3 de sedimento fino, separado em duas frações: areia fina (0 mm a 0,250mm) e areia grossa (0,25 mm a 1mm), em dois níveis, com e sem sedimento. Os dados foram analisados através por

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Jarving, Ohlsson Julius, and Linus Welander. "Hasslebäcken En studie av vattenkvalitet,vandringshinder och potentiellareproduktionsbiotoper för öring." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-32374.

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This paper is about analyzing water quality of a stream that flows in southwest of Swedencalled Hasslebäcken. The stream is a tributary of Suseån and has its springs in the naturereserve Biskopstorp and flows through a mixed landscape of mostly spruce forests andagriculture land. Little is known about Hasslebäcken and its water and therefore a study by request of Suseåns vattenråd was performed. The study consisted of analyzing the water ofphosphorous, nitrogen, pH, suspended particles and conductivity. To broaden the examination of water quality sampling of benthic macroinvertebrates and two

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Braccia, Amy. "Quantifying the environmental factors that determine benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in streams by analyzing stressors associated with a gradient of cattle grazing." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29326.

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Relationships between macroinvertebrate assemblages and environmental stressors were assessed from fall 2002 through spring 2004 in five small streams that represented a study design that involved a gradient of increasing stress (increased cattle density). Macroinvertebrate assemblages were related to environmental factors that were quantified at the sample scale. Environmental factors and macroinvertebrates were concurrently collected so that assemblage structure could be directly related to environmental variables and so that the relative importance of stressors associated with cattle graz

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Merricks, Timothy Chad. "Ecotoxicological Evaluation of Hollow Fill Drainages in Low Order Streams in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and West Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32977.

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Hollow fills are composed of excess spoil and debris produced from surface coal mining that is not returned to the original mined site. Hollow fills are often constructed in the head of hollows nearby or adjacent to the mined land area, which may be the origins of headwater streams or drain into low order systems. Eleven hollow fills were utilized in evaluating the influence fill drainages had on low order streams in Virginia and West Virginia. The study was conducted in six watersheds including; Five Mile Creek in Mingo County, West Virginia, Trace Fork in Mingo County, West Virginia, Lave

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Soucek, David John. "Integrative Bioassessment of Acid Mine Drainage Impacts on the Upper Powell River Watershed, Southwestern Virginia." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27852.

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Acid mine drainage (AMD), a result of oxidation of minerals containing reduced forms of sulfur (pyrites, sulfides) upon exposure to water and oxygen, is an environmental problem associated with abandoned mined lands (AML). Numerous studies have documented the impacts of AMD upon aquatic communities within acidified stream reaches; these impacts include reduced taxonomic richness and abundance, and/or a shift from pollution sensitive to pollution tolerant species. This dissertation comprises a number of integrative assessments and experiments conducted to investigate the nature of AMD ecotoxic

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Layton, Raymond Jay. "Production of benthic macroinvertebrates in a river used for commercial navigation : Kanawha River, West Virginia /." Thesis, This resource online, 1985. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03032009-041041/.

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Horne, Jennifer L. "The influence of grazing macroinvertebrates on the structure of benthic diatom assemblages : implications for biomonitoring." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2009. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/586/.

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Bernard, Aaron Michael. "Geospatial Modeling of Forest Road Networks and Their Effect on Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33338.

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Road construction and maintenance throughout the country continues to be one of the largest contributors of sediment pollution to aquatic systems. Though impacts of road networks on aquatic systems can be potentially severe, little work has been performed to evaluate the effect that road spatial location within a watershed has on water quality. To address this issue from a quantitative perspective, a â Road Impact Factorâ protocol was designed to identify potential erosion-prone segments of road networks based on road gradient, spatial location based on hydrologic flow length, surface com

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Sokol, Eric Robert. "Community ecology of aquatic insects in forested headwater streams in the southern Appalachians." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29110.

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Competing paradigms of community assembly emphasize different mechanisms for predicting patterns in biogeography. Niche assembly emphasizes the role of environmental gradients as filters that organize a metacommunity by locally selecting colonizers with similar functional traits, whereas dispersal assembly emphasizes the importance of source pool characteristics and dispersal limitation in organizing a metacommunity. In this study, I developed a framework that uses spatially explicit patterns in taxonomic and functional measures of community composition as diagnostics for community assembly

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Bopp, Jesse A. "Combined effects of water chemistry, canopy cover, and stream size on benthic macroinvertebrates along a central Appalachian stream continuum." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2474.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 96 p. : ill., maps (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-51).

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Ilmonen, J. (Jari). "Benthic macroinvertebrate and bryophyte assemblages in boreal springs: diversity, spatial patterns and conservation." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2009. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514290633.

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Abstract In this thesis, I studied the patterns in the assemblage composition as well as the biogeography and ecology of spring macroinvertebrates and bryophytes in Finland. My main objectives were to assess the importance environmental variables to macroinvertebrate and bryophyte assemblage composition in springs at the level of multiple spatial scales. In addition, I assessed the importance of springs in the boreal mire landscape, and sought the ecological and environmental determinants of a key species in boreal springs. In a large-scale study, I also examined the concordance between macroi

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Willey, Katherine Tara. "Environmental Factors Determining the Pre-Restoration Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblage In A Stream Used By Cattle." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35221.

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I investigated the baseline benthic macroinvertebrate community in relation to the environmental conditions in a section of Smith Creek, north of Harrisonburg, VA, prior to restoration. Quantitative benthic macroinvertebrate and environmental samples were collected in April and September 2006 from the Bruce Farm (BR) section of Smith Creek and the nearby Mixed Use (MU) section of Mountain Run. BR had been heavily used for cattle grazing for decades and suffered from sediment, nutrients, and lack of a forested riparian zone. MU had a forested riparian zone, but still received nutrient and se

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Tiller, David, and n/a. "The impact of sewage effluent on the benthic macroinvertebrate community of the upper Thredbo River." University of Canberra. Applied Science, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061109.145223.

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Thredbo Village is a year round alpine resort located in Kosciusko National Park, south eastern New South Wales. Treated sewage effluent from Thredbo Village is discharged to the upper Thredbo River. The river is a rocky bottomed, high mountain stream (> 1,200 m altitude in the study area) flowing predominantly through subalpine woodland, the only major impact on the river within the study area was that of the Thredbo Village alpine ski resort. Nutrient concentrations were measured in the upper Thredbo River monthly from January to September 1983 at 9 sites along the river, both upstream and d

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Schmidt, Travis Scott. "Development and Implementation of Integrative Bioassessment Techniques to Delineate Small Order Acid Mine Drainage Impacted Streams of the North Fork Powell River, Southwestern Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35095.

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Acid mine drainage (AMD) results from the oxidation of pyretic mineralogy, exposed by mining operations to oxygen and water. This reaction produces sulfuric acid and liberates heavy metals from the surrounding mineralogy and impairs water quality and freshwater communities. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun an ecosystem restoration project to remediate the abandoned mine land (AML) impacts to the North Fork Powell River (NFP) and is utilizing the ecotoxicological rating (ETR) system to delineate these affects to focus restoration efforts. The ETR was developed to summarize the integra

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Hiner, Stephen W. "Analyses of Two Aspects of Study Design for Bioassessment With Benthic Macroinvertebrates: Single Versus Multiple Habitat Sampling and Taxonomic Identification Level." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9716.

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Bioassessment is the concept of evaluating the ecological condition of habitats by surveying the resident assemblages of living organisms. Conducting bioassessment with benthic macroinvertebrates is still evolving and continues to be refined. There are strongly divided opinions about study design, sampling methods, laboratory analyses, and data analysis. Two issues that are currently being debated about study design for bioassessment in streams were examined here: 1) what habitats within streams should be sampled; 2) and is it necessary to identify organisms to the species level? The influence

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Nebra, Costas Alfonso. "Ecology and bioindicator potential of benthic macroinvertebrates in a Mediterranean salt wedge estuary: the Ebro River case." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/385277.

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The Ebro Delta-Estuary complex is one of the largest wetland areas in the western Mediterranean, and it is considered one of the most important estuarine zones in Europe. In 2013, the Ebro watershed, including its deltaic plain, was declared World Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO. Due to its singularity, a total of 7.736 ha of Delta are protected under the Spanish Natural Park figure (including coastal lagoons, freshwater springs, bays and adjacent coastline) which stands out by its faunal (mainly, ornithological and ichthyological) and halophilic floral composition. The Ebro River flows into t

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Haidekker, Alexandra. "The effect of water temperature regime on benthic macroinvertebrates a contribution to the ecological assessment of rivers /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=976540819.

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Evans, Shane Kent. "Studies of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Western Virginia Streams as Related to the Implementation of Rapid Bioassessment Techniques." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30700.

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This study tested two key assumptions in developing regional biocriteria: (1) the accuracy of the ecoregion classification framework and (2) the accuracy of standardized qualitative sampling. Except for the Central Appalachians ecoregion, there was little or no correspondence of benthic macroinvertebrate distribution with the ecoregions or subregions of western Virginia. I found that it was more accurate to rearrange the subregions into three larger regions called bioregions: the forested hills and mountains (subregion 69a), valleys and plateaus (subregions 66c, 67a, and 67b), and the mountain

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Mulders, Joseph Alexander. "Effects of land-use change on benthic macroinvertebrates in the upper reaches of the Apies-Pienaar catchment." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53534.

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Urbanisation of catchment areas is a major cause of freshwater ecosystem degradation worldwide. As catchments become more developed and river ecosystems become increasingly engulfed in various land use activities, there is a growing need to understand these impacts on freshwater ecosystems. Benthic macroinvertebrates are extensively used as indicators of ecosystem health and have been an instrumental tool in ecosystem monitoring and management. The effects of changing land use on macroinvertebrates at a fine scale however, have not been extensively investigated. Therefore an investigation was

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