Ecological Indicators for the Assessment of the Quality of Air, Water, Soil, and Ecosystems: Papers presented at a Symposium held in Utrecht, October 1982 / Edition 1

by E.P.H. Best, J. Haeck

Overview

Papers presented at a Symposium held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, October 1982

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789027717085
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	01/31/1984
Series:	"Environmental Monitoring and Assessment" Series
Edition description:	1983
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Editorial.- Editorial.- Principles of Bio-Indication.- The Need of an Ecological Quality-Concept.- Ecotoxicology.- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Quality.- Animal Indicators for Side-Efects of Chemical Vector Control.- Bio-indicators and Chemical Pollution of Surface Waters.- Toxicological Assessment of River Water Quality in Bioassays with Fish.- Indicators for the Quality of Air.- Biological Indicators of Air Pollution.- Higher Plants as Indicators and Accumulators of Gaseous Air Pollution.- Lichens as Indicators for Air Quality.- Indicators for the Quality of Soil.- Soil Properties Indicative for Quality.- Problems in Characterizing the Ecological Quality of Soil in Relation to Human Activities.- Bioindication of a Surplus of Heavy Metals in Terrestrial Ecosystems.- Soil Fauna and Soil Microflora as Possible Indicators of Soil Pollution.- Indicators for the Quality of Water.- General Remarks with Regard to Biological Indicators Used in Water Pollution Studies.- The Dynamics of Dissolved Oxygen Concentration for Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment in Polder Ditches.- Hydropsychidae as Bio-Indicators.- Zooplankton and Its Grazing as Indicators of Trophic Status in Dutch Lakes.- Bio-Indicators and the Quality of the Wadden Sea.- Indicators in Complex Systems.- Indicators in Complex Systems.- Vegetation as an Indicator of Environmental Changes.- Taraxacum Species as Environmental Indicators for Grassland Management.- Meadow Birds as Indicators.- Concluding Remarks from a Political Viewpoint.- Ecological Indicator Organisms for Environmental Protection Policy.- List of Authors.