Links between ecotoxicology, biomonitoring and water chemistry in the integration of water quality into environmental flow assessments Export

@article{citeulike:5813256, abstract = {Aquatic organisms have physico-chemical as well as flow habitat requirements. There are three main kinds of data which are useful in quantifying these requirements: chemical data which describe in-stream chemical conditions; ecotoxicity data which describe the tolerances of organisms and their in-stream responses to changing chemical concentrations; and biomonitoring data which describe the distribution and composition of communities. However, it is only by linking these data that organism requirements can be adequately elucidated and translated into resource quality objectives. This paper describes the methods for linking these data and their application in the integration of water quality into environmental flow assessments and the assessment of the water quality Reserve. A case study is presented to demonstrate the methodology. Copyright {\copyright} 2003 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, address = {Centre for Aquatic Toxicology, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa}, author = {Scherman, P. A. and Muller, W. J. and Palmer, C. G.}, citeulike-article-id = {5813256}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.751}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/105559014/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/rra.751}, issn = {1535-1467}, journal = {River Research and Applications}, keywords = {biomonitoring, flow, water-chemistry, water-quality}, number = {5-6}, pages = {483--493}, posted-at = {2009-09-21 13:44:59}, priority = {3}, title = {Links between ecotoxicology, biomonitoring and water chemistry in the integration of water quality into environmental flow assessments}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.751}, volume = {19}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5813256 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5813256 N2 - Aquatic organisms have physico-chemical as well as flow habitat requirements. There are three main kinds of data which are useful in quantifying these requirements: chemical data which describe in-stream chemical conditions; ecotoxicity data which describe the tolerances of organisms and their in-stream responses to changing chemical concentrations; and biomonitoring data which describe the distribution and composition of communities. However, it is only by linking these data that organism requirements can be adequately elucidated and translated into resource quality objectives. This paper describes the methods for linking these data and their application in the integration of water quality into environmental flow assessments and the assessment of the water quality Reserve. A case study is presented to demonstrate the methodology. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 5-6 JF - River Research and Applications SN - 1535-1467 AD - Centre for Aquatic Toxicology, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa EP - 493 TI - Links between ecotoxicology, biomonitoring and water chemistry in the integration of water quality into environmental flow assessments VL - 19 SP - 483 KW - biomonitoring KW - flow KW - water-chemistry KW - water-quality AU - Scherman, PA AU - Muller, WJ AU - Palmer, CG PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.751 ER -