Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the structure of the benthic macroinvertebrate community in an effluent-dominated reach of the Santa Cruz River, AZ

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-117

  Boyle, Terence P ^a   Fraleigh Jr , Harold D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrate; Effluent dominated stream; Multivariate analysis; Santa Cruz River, Arizona, USA

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS;

ECOLOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EFFLUENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; STREAM;

ARIZONA; SANTA CRUZ RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141958570     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-160X(03)00014-1     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Arizona Department of Water Resources, 1994. Arizona Riparian Protection Program Legislative Report.
2. APHA, 1980. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, USA.
3. Barbour, M.T., Gerritsen, J., Griffith, G.E., Frydenborg, R., McCarron, E., White, J.S., Bastian, M.L., 1996. A framework for biological criteria for Florida streams using benthic macroinvertebrates. J. North Am. Benthol. Soc. 15 (2), 185-211.
4. Barbour, M.T., Gerritsen, J., Snyder, B.D., Stribling, J.B., 1999. Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers: Periphyton, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and Fish, 2nd ed. Office of Water, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA, EPA-841-B-99-002.
5. Boyle, T.P., Smillie, G.M., Anderson, J., Beeson, D.R., 1990. Sensitivity analysis of nine diversity and seven similarity indices used in water quality determinations. Res. J. Water Pollut. Control Federation 62, 749-762.
6. Gauch, H.A., 1982. Multivariate Analysis in Community Ecology. Cambridge University Press, New York, 298 pp. Gray, J.S., 1989. Effects of the environmental stress on species rich assemblages. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 37, 19-32.
7. Gauch, H.A., 1982. Multivariate Analysis in Community Ecology. Cambridge University Press, New York, 298 pp. Gray, J.S., 1989. Effects of the environmental stress on species rich assemblages. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 37, 19-32.
8. Hauer, F.R., Resh, V.H., 1996. Benthic macroinvertebrates. In: Hauer, F.R., Lamberti, G.A. (Eds.), Methods in Stream Ecology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 339-370.
9. Kerans, B.L., Karr, J.R., 1994. A benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI) for rivers of the Tennessee Valley. Ecol. Appl. 4, 768-785.
10. Kerans, B.L., Karr, J.R., Ahlstedt, S.A., 1992. Aquatic invertebrate assemblages: spatial and temporal differences among sampling protocols. J. North Am. Benthol. Soc. 11, 377-390.
11. King, K.A., 1997. AZ - Contaminants as Limiting Factors of Wildlife Populations in the Santa Cruz River Basin. US Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2.
12. Lawson, L., 1995. Upper Santa Cruz Intensive Survey: A Volunteer Driven Study of the Water Quality and Biology of an Effluent Dominated Desert Grassland Stream in Southeast Arizona. Arizona Department of Water Quality, 68 pp.
13. LeSage, L., Harrison, A.D., 1980. The biology of Cricotopus (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) in an algal enriched stream: Part I. Normal biology. Arch. Hydrobiol. (Suppl. 4), 375-418.
14. Merritt, R.W., Cummins, K.W., 1996. An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America, 3rd ed. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA, USA, 862 pp.
15. Omernik, J.M., 1987. Ecoregions of the conterminous United States. Ann. Assoc. Am. Geogr. 77 (1), 118-125.
16. Patten, D.T., Stromberg, J.C., Sommerfeld, M.R., 1993. Final Report. Water and Riparian Resources of the Santa Cruz River Basin: Best Management Practices for Water and Resource Quality. SCERP Project Number WQ93-12. Arizona State University (available from: http://www.scerp.org/scerp/projects/WQ93_12.html).
17. Rapoport, E.H., Sanchez, L., 1963. On the epineuston or the superaquatic fauna. Oikos 14, 96-109.
18. Schmidt, K.D., 1993. Proceedings of the Symposium on Effluent Use Management. American Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series, TPS-93-3.
19. Stromberg, J.C., Sommerfeld, M.R., Patten, D.T., Fry, J., Kramer, C., Amalfi, F., Christian, C., 1993. Release of effluent into the upper Santa Cruz River, Arizona: ecological considerations. In: Schmidt, K.D. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Symposium Effluent Use Management. American Water Resources Association, pp. 81-90.
20. Tellman, B., Yarde, R., Wallace, M.G., 1997. Arizona's Changing Rivers: How People Have Affected the Rivers. Issue Paper #19. Water Resources Research Center, College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona, 198 pp.
21. ter Braak, C.J.F., Verdonschot, P.F.M., 1995. Canonical correspondence analysis and related multivariate methods in aquatic ecology. Aquat. Sci. 57, 255-289.
22. Tokeshi, M., 1995. Life cycles and population dynamics. In: Armitage, P.D., Cranston, P.S., Pinder, L.C.V. (Eds.), The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-Biting Midges. Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 225-268.
23. USDI (US Department of Interior), 1984. Water Measurement Manual: A Water Resource Technical Publication, 2nd ed. United States Printing Office, Denver, CO, USA, 327 pp.
24. USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency), 1994. National Water Quality Inventory: 1992 Report to Congress. Office of Water, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA, EPA-841-R-94-005a.
25. USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency), 1999. Fact Sheet: 1999 Update of Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia - Technical Version. Office of Water, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA, EPA-823-F-99-024.
26. USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency), 2002. AQUIRE data base (available from: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/ww/biomon/_INFO.HTM).
27. Wallace, J.B., Grubaugh, J.W., Whiles, M.R., 1996. Biotic indices and stream ecosystem processes: results from an experimental study. Ecol. Appl. 6, 140-151.
28. Walsche, B.M., 1947. On the function of haemoglobin in Chironomus after oxygen lack. J. Exp. Biol. 24, 329-342.
29. Washington, H.G., 1984. Diversity, biotic, and similarity indices: a review of special relevance to aquatic ecosystems. Water Res. 18, 653-656.