Assessing biological integrity in running waters : a method and its rationale
Karr, James R.
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Title
Assessing biological integrity in running waters : a method and its rationale
Author(s)
Karr, James R.
Issue Date
1986-09
Keyword(s)
biodegradation
Biologie
Fließgewässer
Illinois
Pollution
Wassergüte
Water
Water quality
Abstract
A recent nationwide USEPA study found that 56% of the stream segments with water resource degradation had a reduced fishery potential because of chemical problems however, 50% were impaired by degradation in physical habitat and 67% by flow alteration (Judy et al. 1984). In short, halting the chemical degradation of water does not of itself assure the restoration of its ecological or biotic integrity. The ability of a water resource system to sustain a
balanced biological community is obviously the best indicator of its potential; yet that ability is largely unprotected by present monitoring and assessment techniques.
Publisher
[Champaign, Ill.] :Illinois Natural History Survey,[1986]
Series/Report Name or Number
Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication no. 05
Copyright, 1986, University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Made available here under a CC-By-NC license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
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