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Biological monitoring methods
Testing guidance for biological elements in the river ecosystem.
Overview: Fish monitoring
Why do we need to monitor freshwater fish? As part of the wider CaSTCo Project, the Zoological Society of London...
Overview: Macroinvertebrate monitoring
‘Canary’ of the river How are freshwater macroinvertebrates used? Changes in diversity and abundance reflect responses to changes in water...
Method audit: Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (RMI)
(Also known as ‘Anglers’ Riverfly Monitoring Initiative’ or ‘ARMI’) Overview of Riverfly A simple, nationally standardised monitoring technique where volunteers...
Method audit: Extended Riverfly
Overview of Riverfly An expanded version of the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (RMI) has two main goals: Once volunteers are confident...
Overview: Bacteria monitoring
Citizen science monitoring of bacteria involves collection and/or testing of water samples for levels of certain indicator bacteria, typically Escherichia...