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Chapter 4 .......................................................................................... 180 3.1.7 ICMi (Intercalibration Common Metric index) ......................227
Other Macroinvertebrate Monitoring and 3.1.8 AWIC (Acid Water Indicator Community) indices .............228
Assessment Methods for Investigative
Monitoring .............................................................................................. 180 3.1.9 LIFE (Lotic-invertebrate Index for Flow Evaluation) .........229
3.1.10 DEHLI (Drought Effect of Habitat Loss on
1 Introduction ..............................................................................................184
Invertebrates) ........................................................................................ 230
2 Review and investigational survey design ...............................186
3.1.11 MIS-index (Monitoring Intermittent Streams index)..........231
3 Other macroinvertebrate sampling methods for
investigations ......................................................................................... 190 3.1.12 SAGI (Salinity Association Group Index) ................................232
3.1.13 PSI (Proportion of Sediment-sensitive Invertebrates)
3.1 Artificial substrates ..............................................................................191
and E-PSI (Empirically-weighted PSI) .....................................234
3.2 Sampling interstitial habitats
(by John Davy-Bowker) .....................................................................192 3.1.14 CoFSI (Combined Fine Sediment Index) ................................235
3.1.15 SPEAR (species at risk) indices overview ............................. 236
3.3 Sampling subterranean streams
(by Lee Knight) ....................................................................................... 196 3.1.16 SPEAR pesticides (Species at risk from pesticides)..................237
3.4 Sampling exposed river sediments and riparian 3.1.17 MetTol (Metal Tolerance) index................................................... 240
zones (by Jon Webb and Nick Mott) .........................................200
3.1.18 TRPI (Total Reactive Phosphorus Index) ................................242
3.4.1 Best time for surveys ...........................................................................201
3.1.19 CCI (Community Conservation Index) .....................................244
3.4.2 What is a standard riparian sample? ...........................................201
3.1.20 Anglers’ Riverfly Monitoring Initiative and ARMI
3.4.3 Hand searching .................................................................................... 202 index ............................................................................................................245
3.4.4 Pitfall trapping ...................................................................................... 204 3.1.21 Riverfly Plus .............................................................................................246
3.4.5 Excavation .............................................................................................. 205 3.1.22 Extended Riverfly indices ...............................................................247

3.4.6 Reporting on the riparian fauna ................................................... 205 3.1.23 Urban Riverfly index (by Nicola Edgar) ....................................248
3.5 Sampling from intermittent rivers and ephemeral RiverLife Picture ID Guide ...............................................................249
streams (by Judy England) ............................................................206
3.1.24 SmartRivers biometric analysis .................................................. 250
Drought .....................................................................................................207
3.1.25 Ecosystem function assessment ................................................252
3.6 Quantitative sampling .......................................................................207
3.1.26 Rapid Biological Appraisal Key (RBAK) for farm
Conclusion .............................................................................................208 pollution ....................................................................................................253
Chapter 5 .......................................................................................... 210 3.1.27 Simple observational methods for river wardens ..............254

Sample and Data Analysis for Investigations ............... 210 3.2 Analytical systems ...............................................................................256
1 Introduction ..............................................................................................214 3.2.1 River Invertebrate Prediction and Classification
Scheme (RIVPACS) ............................................................................256
2 Sample analysis .....................................................................................216
3.2.2 RIVPACS Model 44 .............................................................................258
3 Data analysis ............................................................................................217
3.2.3 Invertebrate Impact Assessment Tool ....................................259
3.1 Biotic indices ...........................................................................................217
3.2.4 Trait analysis ......................................................................................... 260
3.1.1 Taxonomic richness ...........................................................................218
3.2.5 HEV (Hydroecological Validation) ...............................................261
3.1.2 Diversity indices ....................................................................................219
3.2.6 Pantheon ..................................................................................................262
3.1.3 Sensitivity indices .............................................................................. 220
3.2.7 RPDS (River Pressure Diagnostic System) ..........................264
3.1.4 BMWP (Biological Monitoring Working Party)
indices ........................................................................................................222 Conclusion ............................................................................................. 266
3.1.5 WHPT (Walley Hawkes Paisley Trigg) indices for
older data sets .......................................................................................223
3.1.6 Saprobic indices ...................................................................................224

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