A Statistical Evaluation of Stream Bottom Sampling Data Obtained from Three Standard Samplers

Gaufin, Arden R.; Harris, Eugene K.; Walter, Harold J.

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“…Sites numbers were adjusted at the superior point. The proposed formula for n calculation have been established to obtain a little more samples than the number of samples required to the stabilisation of the taxon THE LAKE BIOTIC INDEX (3) 3 richness following the Gaufin's method (Gaufin et al 1956). For small lakes, the minimum number of samples was fixed at 4 for each isobath.…”

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The Lake Biotic Index (LBI): an applied method for assessing the biological quality of lakes using macrobenthos; the Lake Châlain (French Jura) as an example

Verneaux¹,

Verneaux²,

Schmitt³

et al. 2004

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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The paper proposes a new biological method for assessing the quality of lakes. It is based on the comparison of littoral and profundal macroinvertebrate communities sampled in soft sediments. Two depths were sampled: one at the littoral zone (Zl = 2m) to define a littoral index (Bl ) related to the biogenic potential of the lake (quantitative data), the other at the deep zone (Zf = 0.66 Zmax) to define a taxonomic deficit index (Df ) connected with the quality of the water-sediment interface in deep zone (qualitative data). These two indexes were combined in a Lake Biotic Index (LBI), with a range from 0 to 20, which gives an evaluation of the biogenic capacity of a lake to the development of macroconsumer communities. Using the Bl and Df values any lake can be plotted on a typological graph which is helpfull to characterize lakes both quantitatively (oligo-to polybiotic) and qualitatively (eu-to dysbiotic). Lake Châlain (French Jura) is presented as an example of the method application with its macrofauna and the index calculation. Then, this lake was included in the typological graph with nine other French lakes studied using the same method. Each lake, characterized by its Bl, Df and LBI values, can be compared to the others in a typological scheme. The proposed indexes are discussed and bases for interpretation of the results are presented. The proposed classification of lakes gives an evaluation of their biogenic capacity concerning macroconsumers and can be usefully compared with other classifications, especially with trophic and sediment types, in functional studies as well as in lake diagnosis, in the context of the Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/CE).

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Section: Number Of Samples and Distribution In The Lakementioning

confidence: 99%

The Lake Biotic Index (LBI): an applied method for assessing the biological quality of lakes using macrobenthos; the Lake Châlain (French Jura) as an example

Verneaux¹,

Verneaux²,

Schmitt³

et al. 2004

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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“…The effects on production estimates of a prolonged recruitment period (less synchronous development) and differential size-specific mortality (Benke 1976) were not considered. Problems associated with stream benthos sampling methods (Chutter 1972;Gaufin et al 1956;Kroger 1972) may well dwarf errors arising from the production calculation. The instantaneous-growth method was sensitive to both the sampling regime and the growth curve.…”

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The effect of growth curve and sampling regime on instantaneous‐growth, removal‐summation, and Hynes/Hamilton estimates of aquatic insect production: A computer simulation 1

Cushman

Shugart

Hildebrand

et al. 1978

Limnology & Oceanography

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Hypothetical populations of aquatic insects were periodically sampled, using a computer model, to estimate production by the instantaneous‐growth, removal‐summation, and Hynes/Hamilton methods. These estimates were compared with the production values calculated from the daily growth of all individuals in the populations. The removal‐summation method yielded the most accurate estimates for a variety of growth curves and sampling regimes and appeared to be the least sensitive to violations of the growth assumptions of the method.

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“…The frequency of occurrence of the abundant or common kinds or groups of organisms was much less variable. Gaufin (1956) presented evidence that as many as 10-15 percent of species were not encountered, on the average, until at least 8 samples had been taken. Hellawell (1978) confirmed this, and looking in more detail at qualitative surveys based on species lists, found that more than 50 percent of the species present were collected in the first sample.…”

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Effects of Alder Mine on the Water, Sediments, and Benthic Macroinvertebrates of Alder Creek, 1998 Annual Report.

Peplow¹

1999

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A Statistical Evaluation of Stream Bottom Sampling Data Obtained from Three Standard Samplers

Cited by 47 publications

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The Lake Biotic Index (LBI): an applied method for assessing the biological quality of lakes using macrobenthos; the Lake Châlain (French Jura) as an example

The Lake Biotic Index (LBI): an applied method for assessing the biological quality of lakes using macrobenthos; the Lake Châlain (French Jura) as an example

The effect of growth curve and sampling regime on instantaneous‐growth, removal‐summation, and Hynes/Hamilton estimates of aquatic insect production: A computer simulation 1

Effects of Alder Mine on the Water, Sediments, and Benthic Macroinvertebrates of Alder Creek, 1998 Annual Report.

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