Ecological Indicators for the Assessment of the Quality of Air, Water, Soil, and Ecosystems

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 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.
• 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.