Biological monitoring methods

Why do we need to monitor freshwater fish? As part of the wider CaSTCo Project, the Zoological Society of London...

‘Canary’ of the river How are freshwater macroinvertebrates used?  Changes in diversity and abundance reflect responses to changes in water...

Citizen science monitoring of bacteria involves collection and/or testing of water samples for levels of certain indicator bacteria, typically Escherichia...

Overview of Rapid Assessment of PeriPhyton in Rivers for citizen scientists A simple, nationally-standardised monitoring technique for filamentous algae monitoring...

(Also known as ‘Anglers’ Riverfly Monitoring Initiative’ or ‘ARMI’) Overview of Riverfly A simple, nationally standardised monitoring technique where volunteers...

Overview of Riverfly An expanded version of the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (RMI) has two main goals: Once volunteers are confident...

Attached algae are a natural component of many river ecosystems, playing a role in primary production providing food and habitat...