RIVPACS - Bibliography

General Bioassessment and RIVPACS Type Approach

Bailey R C, Norris R H and Reynoldson T B (Eds) (1996) Study design and data analysis in benthic macroinvertebrate assessments of freshwater ecosystems using a reference site approach. Technical Information Workshop, North American Benthological Society, 44th Annual Meeting, Kalispell, Montana, USA.

Bailey R C, Norris R H and Reynoldson T B (2001) Taxonomic resolution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in bioassessments. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 20, 280-286.

Bailey R C, Norris R H and Reynoldson T B (2004) Bioassessment of freshwater ecosystems using the reference condition approach. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 184 pp.

Cao Y, Larsen D P and Thorne R St-J (2001) Rare species in multivariate analysis for bioassessment: some considerations. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 20, 144-153.

European Commission (2000) Directive 2000/60/EC, Establishing a framework for community action in the field of water policy. European Commission PE-CONS 3639/1/100 Rev 1, Luxembourg.

Karr J R (1991) Biological integrity: a long neglected aspect of water resources management. Ecological Applications, 1, 66-84.

Karr J R and Chu E W (1999) Restoring life in running waters: better biological monitoring. Island, Covelo, California, USA.

Logan P and Furse M T (2002) Preparing for the European Water Framework Directive – making the links between habitat and aquatic biota. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 12, 425-437.

Marchant R (2002) Do rare species have any place in multivariate analysis for bioassessment? Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 21, 311-313.

Norris R H and Hawkins C P (2000) Monitoring river health. Hydrobiologia, 435, 5-17.

Reynoldson T B and Metcalfe-Smith J L (1992) An overview of the assessment of aquatic ecosystem health using benthic invertebrates. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health, 1, 295-308.

Reynoldson T B, Norris R H, Resh V H, Day K E, Rosenberg D M (1997) The reference condition: a comparison of multimetric and multivariate approaches to assess water-quality impairment using benthic macroinvertebrates. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 16, 833-852.

Rosenberg D M and Resh V H (Eds) (1993) Freshwater biomonitoring and benthic macroinvertebrates. Chapman & Hall, London and New York.

Wright J F, Sutcliffe D W and Furse M T (Eds.) (2000) Assessing the biological quality of fresh waters: RIVPACS and other techniques. Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, UK.

United Kingdom: RIVPACS

Armitage P D (1989) The application of a classification and prediction technique based on macroinvertebrates to assess the effects of river regulation. In: Alternatives in regulated river management (eds. J.A. Gore & G.E. Petts), pp. 267-293. CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Armitage P D, Gunn R J M, Furse M T, Wright J F and Moss D (1987) The use of prediction to assess macroinvertebrate response to river regulation. Hydrobiologia 144, 25-32.

Clarke R T, Furse M T, Wright J F and Moss D (1996) Derivation of a biological quality index for river sites: comparison of the observed with the expected fauna. Journal of Applied Statistics, 23, 311-332.

Clarke R T, Furse M T, Gunn R J M, Winder J M and Wright J F (2002). Sampling variation in macroinvertebrate data and implications for river quality indices. Freshwater Biology, 47, 1735-1751.

Clarke R T, Wright J F and Furse M T (2003). RIVPACS models for predicting the expected macroinvertebrate fauna and assessing the ecological quality of rivers. Ecological Modelling, 160, 219-233.

Furse M T, Moss D, Wright J F and Armitage P D (1984) The influence of seasonal and taxonomic factors on the ordination and classification of running water sites in Great Britain and on the prediction of their macroinvertebrate communities. Freshwater Biology, 14, 257-280.

Moss D, Furse M T, Wright J F and Armitage P D (1987) The prediction of the macro-invertebrate fauna of unpolluted running-water sites in Great Britain using environmental data. Freshwater Biology, 17, 41-52.

Moss D, Wright J F, Furse M T and Clarke R T (1999) A comparison of alternative techniques for the prediction of the fauna of running water sites in Great Britain. Freshwater Biology, 41, 167-181.

Wright J F (1995) Development and use of a system for predicting macroinvertebrates in flowing water. Australian Journal of Ecology, 20, 181-197.

Wright J F (2000) An introduction to RIVPACS. In: Assessing the biological quality of fresh waters: RIVPACS and other techniques (Eds. Wright J F, Sutcliffe D W and Furse M T), pp. 1-24. Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, UK.

Wright J F, Armitage P D, Furse M T and Moss D (1984) The classification of sites on British rivers using macroinvertebrates. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 22, 1939-1943.

Wright J F, Blackburn J H, Gunn R J M, Furse M T, Armitage P D, Winder J M and Symes K L (1996) Macroinvertebrate frequency data for the RIVPACS III sites in Great Britain and their use in conservation evaluation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 6, 141-167.

Wright J F, Furse M T, Armitage P D and Moss D (1993) New procedures for identifying running water sites subject to environmental stress and for evaluating sites for conservation, based on the macroinvertebrate fauna. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 127, 319-326.

Wright J F, Moss D, Armitage P D and Furse M T (1984) A preliminary classification of running water sites in Great Britain based on macro-invertebrate species and prediction of community type using environmental data. Freshwater Biology, 14, 221-256.

Wright J F, Sutcliffe D W and Furse M T (Eds.) (2000) Assessing the biological quality of fresh waters: RIVPACS and other techniques. Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, UK.

Wright J F, Armitage P D, Furse M T and Moss D (1988) A new approach to the biological surveillance of river quality using macroinvertebrates. Verh. int. Verein. theor. angew. Limnol. 23, 1548-1552.

Wright J F, Armitage P D, Furse M T and Moss D (1989) Prediction of invertebrate communities using stream measurements. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management, 4, 147-155.

Australia: AUSRIVAS

Marchant R and Hehir G (2002) The use of AUSRIVAS predictive models to assess the response of lotic macroinvertebrates to dams in south-east Australia. Freshwater Biology, 47, 1033-1050.

Marchant R, Hirst A et al. (1997) Classification and prediction of macroinvertebrate communities from running waters in Victoria, Australia. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 16, 664-681.

Marchant R, Hirst A, Norris R H and Metzeling L (1999). Classification of macroinvertebrate communities across drainage basins in Victoria: consequences of sampling on a broad spatial scale for predictive modelling. Freshwater Biology, 4, 253-268.

Norris R H and Norris K R (1995) The need for biological assessment of water quality: Australian perspective. Australian Journal of Ecology, 20, 1-6.

Parsons M and Norris R H (1996) The effect of habitat-specific sampling on biological assessment of water quality using a predictive model. Freshwater Biology, 36, 419-434.

Simpson J C and Norris R H (2000) Biological assessment of river quality: development of AusRivAS models and outputs. In: Assessing the biological quality of fresh waters (Eds J F Wright, D W Sutcliffe and M T Furse), pp. 125-142. Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, UK.

Sloane P I W and Norris R H (2003) Relationship of AUSRIVAS-based macroinvertebrate predictive model outputs to a metal pollution gradient. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 22, 457-471.

Smith M J, Kay W R, Edward D H D, Papas P J, Richardson K S, Simpson J C, Pinder A M, Cale D J, Horwitz P H J, Davis J A, Yung F H, Norris R H, Halse S A (1999) AusRivAS: using macroinvertebrates to assess ecological condition of rivers in Western Australia. Freshwater Biology, 41, 269-282.

Sudaryanti S, Trihadiningrum Y, Hart B T, Davies P E, Humphrey C, Norris R H, Simpson J, Thurtell L (2001) Assessment of the biological health of the Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia using the Australian River Assessment System (AUSRIVAS) methodology. Aquatic Ecology, 35, 135–146.

Turak E, Flack L K, Norris R H, Simpson J, Waddell N (1999) Assessment of river condition at a large spatial scale using predictive models. Freshwater Biology, 41, 283-298.

Canada: BEAST

Bailey R C, Kennedy M G, Dervish M Z and Taylor R M (1998) Biological assessment of freshwater ecosystems using a reference condition approach: comparing predicted and actual benthic invertebrates communities in Yukon streams. Freshwater Biology, 39, 765-774.

Grapentine L, Anderson J, Boyd D, Burton G A, DeBarros C, Johnson G, Marvin C, Milani D, Painter S, Pascoe T, Reynoldson T, Richman L, Solomon K, Chapman P M (2002) A decision making framework for sediment assessment developed for the Great Lakes. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 8, 1641-1655.

Reece P F, Reynoldson T B, Richardson J S, Rosenberg D M (2001) Implications of seasonal variation for biomonitoring with predictive models in the Fraser River catchment, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 58, 1411-1418.

Reynoldson T B, Rosenberg D M, Resh V H (2001) Comparison of models predicting invertebrate assemblages for biomonitoring in the Fraser River catchment, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 58, 1395-1410.

Reynoldson T B, K E Day and T Pascoe (2000) The development of the BEAST: a predictive approach for assessing sediment quality in the North American Great Lakes. In J F Wright, D W Sutcliffe and M T Furse (Eds.), Assessing the biological quality of freshwaters. RIVPACS and other techniques. Ambleside, UK: Freshwater Biological Association, chapter 11, p. 165-80.

Reynoldson T B, R C Bailey, K E Day and R H Norris (1995) Biological guidelines for freshwater sediment based on BEnthic Assessment of SedimenT (the BEAST) using a multivariate approach for predicting biological state. Australian Journal of Ecology, 20, 198-219.

Developments in the USA

Barbour M T, Plafkin J L et al (1992) Evaluation of EPA’s rapid assessment benthic metrics: metric redundancy and variability among reference streams sites. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 11, 437-499.

Barbour M T, Gerritsen J, Snyder B D and Stribling J B (1999) Revision to rapid bioassessment protocols for use in streams and rivers: periphyton, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish. 2nd edition. EPA 841-B-99-002. US Environmental Protection Agency: Office of Water, Washington DC.

Barbour M T, Norton S B, Preston H R and Thornton K W (Eds) (2004) Ecological Assessment of Aquatic Resources: Linking Science to Decision-Making. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Pensacola, Fl.

Cao Y, Larsen D P and Thorne R St-J (2001) Rare species in multivariate analysis for bioassessment: some considerations. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 20, 144-153.

Cao Y, Larsen D P, Hughes R M, Angermeier P and Patton T (2002) Sampling efforts affect multivariate comparisons of stream assemblages. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 21, 707-714.

Corkum L D (1989) Patterns of benthic invertebrate assemblages in rivers of northwestern North America. Freshwater Biology, 21, 191-205.

Davies W S and Simon T P (Eds) (1995) Biological Assessment and Criteria. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Fore L S, Karr J S and Wisseman R W (1996) Assessing invertebrate responses to human activities: evaluating alternative approaches. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 15, 212-231.

Hawkins C P and Norris R H (Eds) (2000) Landscape classifications: aquatic biota and bioassessments. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 19 (3).

Hawkins C P, Norris R H, Hogue J N and Feminella J W (2000) Development and evaluation of predictive models for measuring the biological integrity of streams. Ecological Applications, 10, 1456-1477.

Hawkins C P and Carlisle D M (2001) Use of predictive models for assessing the biological integrity of wetlands and other aquatic habitats. Pages 59-83 in R B Rader, D P Batzer and S A Wissinger (Eds). Bioassessment and management of North American Wetlands. John Wiley & Son, New York.

Karr J R and Chu E W (1999) Restoring life in running waters: better biological monitoring. Island, Covelo, California, USA.

Karr J R and Chu E W (2000) Sustaining living rivers. Hydrobiologia, 422/423, 1-14.

Lenat D R (1993) A biotic index for the southeastern United States: derivation and list of tolerance values, with criteria for assigning water quality ratings. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 12, 279-290.

Loeb S L and Spacie A (Eds) (1994) Biological monitoring of aquatic systems. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Norris R H and Hawkins C P (2000) Monitoring river health. Hydrobiologia, 435, 5-17.

Ostermiller J D and Hawkins C P (2004) Effects of sampling error on bioassessments of stream ecosystems: application to RIVPACS-type models. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 23, 363-382.

Schofield N J and Davies P E (1996). Measuring the health of our rivers. Water, 23, 169-180.

Yuan L L and Norton S B (2003) Comparing responses of macroinvertebrate metrics to increasing stress. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 22, 308-322.

Developments in New Zealand

Joy M K and Death R G (2000) Development and application of a predictive model of riverine fish community assemblages in the Taranaki region of the North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 34, 243-254.

Joy M K and Death R G (2002) Predicative modelling of freshwater fish as a biomonitoring tool in New Zealand. Freshwater Biology, 47, 2261-2275.

Joy M K and Death R G (2003) Biological assessment of rivers in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand using a predicative macroinvertebrate model. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 37, 367-379.

Stark J D (1993) A macroinvertebrate community index of water quality for stony streams. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 27, 463-478.

Winterbourn M J (Eds) (1999) The use of macroinvertebrates in water management. Wellington, New Zealand, Ministry for the Environment.

Developments in Europe

Armitage P D, Pardo I, Furse M T and Wright J F (1990) Assessment and prediction of biological quality. A demonstration of a British macroinvertebrate-based method in two Spanish rivers. Limnetica, 6, 147-156.

European Commission (2000) Directive 2000/60/EC, Establishing a framework for community action in the field of water policy. European Commission PE-CONS 3639/1/100 Rev 1, Luxembourg.

Hering D, A Buffagni, O Moog, L Sandin, M Sommerhäuser, I Stubauer, C Feld, R K Johnson, P Pinto, N Skoulikidis, P Verdonschot and S Zahrádková (2003) The development of a system to assess the ecological quality of streams based on macroinvertebrates: design of the sampling programme within the AQEM project. International Review of Hydrobiology, 88, 345-361.

Johnson R K (2003) Development of a prediction system for lake stony-bottom littoral macroinvertebrate communities. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 158,517-540.

Logan P and Furse M T (2002) Preparing for the European Water Framework Directive: making the links between habitat and aquatic biota. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 12, 425-437.

Metcalfe J L (1989) Biological water quality assessment of running waters based on macroinvertebrate communities: history and present status in Europe. Environmental Pollution, 60, 101-139.

Moog O, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Ofenböck T and Gerritsen J (2004) Does the ecoregion approach support the typological demands of the EU `Water Framework Directive'? Hydrobiologia, 516, 21-33.

Nijboer R C, Johnson R K, Verdonschot P F M, Sommerhäuser M and Buffagni A (2004) Establishing reference conditions for European streams. Hydrobiologia, 516, 91-105.

Rodriguez P and Wright J F (1991) Description and evaluation of a sampling strategy for macroinvertebrate communities in Basque rivers (Spain). Hydrobiologia 213, 113-124.

Sandin L and Hering D (2004) Comparing macroinvertebrate indices to detect organic pollution across Europe: a contribution to the EC Water Framework Directive intercalibration. Hydrobiologia, 516, 55-68.

Sandin L, Dahl J and Johnson R K (2004) Assessing acid stress in Swedish boreal and alpine streams using benthic macroinvertebrates. Hydrobiologia, 516,129-148.

Schmidt-Kloiber A and Nijboer R C (2004) The effect of taxonomic resolution on the assessment of ecological water quality classes. Hydrobiologia, 516, 269-283.

Skoulikidis N T, Gritzalis K C, Kouvarda T and Buffagni A (2004) The development of an ecological quality assessment and classification system for Greek running waters based on benthic macroinvertebrates. Hydrobiologia, 516, 149-160.

Sommerhäuser M and Hering D (2001) The development and testing of an integrated assessment system for the ecological quality of streams and rivers throughout Europe using benthic macroinvertebrates (AQEM). DGL, Erweiterte Zusammenfassung der Jahrestagung Magdeburg, 2000, 159-163.

Verdonschot P F M and Nijboer R C (2004) Testing the European stream typology of the Water Framework Directive for macroinvertebrates. Hydrobiologia, 516, 35-54.

Zahrádková S, Kokeš J, Hodovský J, Vojtíšková D, Scheibová D, Porízková Y, Schenková J and Helešic J (2000) Prediction system PERLA. In: Rulík M (ed): Limnologie na prelomu tisíciletí. Sborník referátu XII. limnologické konference. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, pp. 260-264.

Zamora-Muñoz C and Alba-Tercedor J (1996) Bioassessment of organically polluted Spanish rivers, using biotic index and multivariate methods. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 15, 332-352.