An evaluation of rapid bioassessment protocols for stream benthic invertebrates in Southern Ontario, Canada

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 184-193

  Borisko, Jeff P ^a,e   Kilgour, Bruce W ^b   Stanfield, Les W ^c   Jones, F Chris ^d  

^a Toronto and Region Conservation Authority   (Canada)

^b STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^e Lower Trent Conservation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Benthic invertebrates; Biomonitoring programs; Methods standardization; Rapid bioassessment protocols; Stream sampling

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY;

AQUATIC ECOLOGY; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOMONITORING PROGRAMS; METHODS STANDARDIZATION; RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS; STREAM SAMPLING;

ANIMALS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIVERSITY INDEX; STANDARDIZATION; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 49049091771     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2007.022     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Barbour MT, Gerritsen J, Snyder BD, Stribling JB. 1999. Rapid bioassessment protocols for use in streams and wadeable rivers: periphyton, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish, second edition. EPA 841-B-99-002.
2. Barton DR, Metcalfe-Smith JL. 1992. A comparison of sampling techniques and summary indices for assessment of water quality in the Yamaska River, Québec, based on benthic macroinvertebrates. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 21: 225-244.
3. Bode RW. 1988. Quality assurance workplan for biological stream monitoring in New York State. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, New York.
4. Blocksom KA, Flotemersch JE. 2005. Comparison of macroinvertebrate sampling methods for nonwadeable streams. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 102:243-262.
5. Cao Y, Hawkins CP, Storey AW. 2005. A method for measuring the comparability of different sampling methods used in biological surveys: implications for data integration and synthesis Freshwater Biology 50:1105-1115.
6. Carlisle DM, Clements WH. 1999. Sensitivity and variability of metrics used in biological assessments of running waters. Environmental Toxiology Chemistry 18:285-291.
7. Cuppen JGM, Van den Brink PJ, Camps E, Uil KF, Brock TCM. 2000. Impact of the fungicide carbendazim in freshwater microcosms: I. Water quality, breakdown of particulate organic matter and responses of macroinvertebrates. Aquat. Toxicol. 48:233-250.
8. David SM, Somers KM, Reid RA, Hall RJ, Girard RE. 1998. Sampling Protocols for the Rapid Bioassessment of Streams and Lakes using Benthic Macroinvertebrates, second edition. Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Dorset, Ontario.
9. Diamond JM, Barbour MT, Stribling JB. 1996. Characterizing and comparing bioassessment methods and their results: a perspective. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 15:713-727.
10. Dumaresq C, Hedley K, Michelutti R. 2002. Overview of the Metal Mining Environmental Effects Monitoring Program. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 37:213-218.
11. Gerth WJ, Herlihy AT. 2006. Effect of sampling different habitat types in regional macroinvertebrate bioassessment surveys. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25: 501-512.
12. Hilsenhoff WL. 1987. An improved biotic index of organic stream pollution: Great Lakes Entomologist 20:31-39.
13. Herbst DB, Silldorf EL. 2006. Comparison of the performance of different bioassessment methods: similar evaluations of biotic integrity from separate programs and procedures. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25: 513-530.
14. Iowa DNR (Iowa Department of Natural Resources). 2004. Biological Assessment of Iowa's Wadeable Streams. Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Services Division. Des Moines, Iowa.
15. Jones C, Somers KM, Craig B, Reynoldson TB. 2004. Ontario Benthos Biomonitoring Network protocol manual, version 1.0. Ontario Ministry of Environment.
16. Kerans BL, Karr JR, Ahlstedt SA. 1992. Aquatic invertebrate assemblages: spataial and temporal differences among sampling protocols. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 11:377-390.
17. Kilgour BW. 1998. Developing an index of nutrient status based on rapid assessment methodology for collecting benthic macroinvertebrates. Prepared by Water Systems Analysts, Guelph for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Picton.
18. Kilgour BW, Barton DR. 1999. Associations between stream fish and benthos across environmental gradients in southern Ontario, Canada. Freshwater Biology 41: 553-566.
19. Kilgour BW, Munkittrick KR, Portt CB, Hedley K, Culp J, Dixit S, Pastershank G. 2005. Biological criteria for municipal wastewater effluent monitoring programs. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 40:374-387.
20. Kilgour BW, Somers KM, Barton DR. 2004. A comparison of the sensitivity of stream benthic community indices to effects associated with mines, pulp and paper mills, and urbanization. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23:212-221.
21. Kilgour BW, Somers KM, Matthews DE. 1998. Using the normal range as a criterion for ecological significance in environmental monitoring and assessment. Ecoscience 5:542-550.
22. Lemly AD. 1982. Modification of Benthic Insect Communities in Polluted Streams: Combined Effects of Sedimentation and Nutrient Enrichment. Hydrobiologia 87: 229-245.
23. Lenat DR, Resh VH. 2001. Taxonomy and stream ecology - The benefits of genus- and species-level identifications. J. N. Amer. Benthol. Soc. 20: 280-286.
24. Lenz BN, Miller MA. 1996. United States Geological Survey-National Water-Quality Assessment. Comparison of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples collected using different field methods. Fact Sheet FS-216-96.
25. Linke S, Bailey RC, Schwindt J. 1999. Temporal variability of stream bioassessments using benthic macroinvertebrates. Freshwater Biology 42: 575-584.
26. Mackey AP, Cooling DA, Berrie AD. 1984. An evaluation of sampling strategies for qualitative surveys of macroinvertebrates in rivers, using pond nets. Journal of Applied Ecology 21: 515-534.
27. McClelland WT, Brusven MA. 1980. Effects of sedimentation on the behavior and distribution of riffle insects in a laboratory stream. Aquatic Insects 2:161-169.
28. Muzaffar SB, Colbo MH. 2002. The effects of sampling technique on the ecological characterization of shallow, benthic macroinvertebrate communities in two Newfoundland ponds. Hydrobiologia 477: 31-39.
29. O'Connor A, Bradish S, Reed T, Moran J, Regan E, Visser M, Gormally M, Sheehy Skeffington M. 2004. A comparison of the efficacy of pond-net and box sampling methods in turloughs - Irish ephemeral aquatic systems. Hydrobiologia 524:133-144.
30. Ohio EPA (Ohio Environmental Protection Agency). 2006. Ohio 2006: Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. State of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water. Columbus, Ohio.
31. Piggott A, Brown D, Moin S. 2002. Calculating a groundwater legend for existing geological mapping data. Environment Canada, internal publication, Burlington, Ontario.
32. Plafkin JL, Barbour KD, Porter KD, Gross SK, Hughes RM. 1989. Rapid bioassessment protocols for use in streams and rivers: benthic macroinvertebrates and fish. US EPA/440/4-89/001.125 pp.
33. Quinn G, Keough M. 2002. Experimental design and data analysis for biologists. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, United Kingdom.
34. Reid RA, Somers KM, David SM. 1995. Spatial and Temporal Variation in littoral-zone Benthic Invertebrates from 3 south-central Ontario lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52:1406-1420.
35. Resh VH. 1994. Variability, accuracy, and taxonomic costs of rapid assessment approaches in benthic macroinvertebrate biomonitorng. Italian Journal of Zoology 61: 375-383.
36. Reynoldson TB, Logan C, Pascoe T, Thompson SP. 2002. CABIN (Canadian Aquatic Bionionitoring Network) Invertebrate Biomonitoring Field and Laboratory Manual National Water Research Institute Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario.
37. Rhea DT, Harper DD, Farag AM, Brumbaugh WG. 2006. Biomonitoring in the Boulder River watershed, Montana, USA: Metal concentrations in biofilm and benthic macroinvertebrates, and relations with macroinvertebrate assemblage. Environment Monitoring and Assessment 115: 381-393.
38. Rosenberg DM, Davies IJ, Cobb DG, Wiens AP. 1998. Protocols for measuring biodiversity: Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Fresh Waters. Freshwater Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
39. Scarsbrook MR, Halliday J. 2002. Detecting patterns in hyporheic community structure: does sampling method alter the story? New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 443-453.
40. Schulz R, Liess M. 1999. A field study of the effects of agriculturally derived insecticide input on stream macroinvertebrate dynamics. Aquatic Toxicology 46: 155-176.
41. Somers KM, Reid RA, David SM. 1998. Rapid biological assessments: How many animals are enough? Journal of the North American Benthological Society 17: 348-358.
42. Sponseller RA, Benfield EF, Valett HM. 2001. Relationships between land use, spatial scale and stream macroinvertebrate communities. Freshwater Biology 46: 1409-1424.
43. Stanfield LW (ed.). 2005. Ontario Stream Assessment Protocol, Version 7. Fish and Wildlife Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario.
44. Stanfield LW, Kilgour BW. 2005. Effects of percent impervious cover on fish and benthos assemblages and in-stream habitats in Lake Ontario Tributaries. Proceedings of Special Symposium: Influences of landscape on stream habitat and biological communities, American Fisheries Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
45. Stanfield LW, Kuyvenhoven R. 2003. Protocol for applications used in the aquatic landscape inventory software application: A tool for delineating, characterizing and classifying valley segments within the Great Lakes basin. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario.
46. Waite IR, Herlihy AT, Larsen DP, Urquhart NS, Klemm DJ. 2004. The effects of macroinvertebrate taxonomic resolution in large landscape bioassessments: an example from the Mid-Atlantic Highlands, U.S.A. Freshwater Biology 49: 474-489.
47. Walker SL, Hedley K, Porter E. 2002. Pulp and Paper Environmental Effects Monitoring in Canada: An Overview. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 37:7-19.
48. Wang L, Kanehl P. 2003. Influences of Watershed Urbanization and Instream Habitat on Macroinvertebrates in Cold Water Streams. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 39: 1181-1196.
49. Winger PV, Lasier PJ, Bogenrieder KJ. 2005. Combined use of rapid bioassessment protocols and sediment quality triad to assess stream quality. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 100: 267-295.