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<P>Your Browser Seems to have trouble with frames. <P>Please follow this link. <P><a href="../../contents.php?subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/">../../contents.php?subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/</a> <HR> <H2>Contents</H2> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/&filename=abstract">Abstract</a> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/&filename=fwd_info_acknowl">Foreword, Publication Information & Acknowledgements</a> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/&filename=ch1">1. Introduction</a> <ul> <LI>Water Quality in Aquatic Systems <LI>Sources of Water Pollution <LI>Urban Water Quality in Australia <LI>Stormwater, Groundwater and Urban Drains <LI>Impact of Urbanisation in the Perth Region <LI>Management Strategies <LI>Integrated Catchment Policy <LI>Monitoring the Health of Aquatic Ecosystems <LI>Periphytic Communities as Biomonitors <LI>Diatoms as Freshwater Bioindicators <LI>Artificial Substrates <LI>Predictive Models </ul> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/&filename=ch2">Chapter 2: Study Sites</a> <ul> <LI>Hydrology of the Swan River <LI>Productive Meeting Place <LI>Eutrophication <LI>Algal Blooms <LI>Nutrient Sources <LI>Ground Water <LI>Dams <LI>Diffuse Pollution <LI>Urban Drains <LI>Selection of Sampling Sites </ul> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/&filename=ch3">Chapter 3: Materials and Methods</a> <ul> <LI>Field Methods <LI>Catchment Conditions <LI>Physical and Chemical Data <LI>Periphyton Sampling <LI>Cell Counts of Periphyton from JJ Periphytometers <LI>Permanent Slide Preparation of Diatoms <LI>Taxonomic Identification <LI>Enumeration of Diatoms <LI>Photomicrographs and Iconographs <LI>Data Analyses <LI>Database <LI>Fresh Cell Count <LI>Classification <LI>Environmental Variables <LI>Diatom Taxa <LI>Ordination: Environmental Variables <LI>Biplot for SSH Ordination: Indicator Species <LI>Ordination by Multi-dimensional Scaling <LI>Bioassessment of Urban Streams <LI>Discriminant Function Analysis <LI>Two Way Table of Data Matrix <LI>A Diatom Index for Predicting the Health of the Site </ul> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/&filename=ch4">4. Results</a> <ul> <LI>Fresh Periphyton Cell Count and Environmental Variables <LI>Site Classification Based on Environmental Variables <LI>Ordination of Environmental Variables <LI>Classification of the Sites According to Diatom Taxa <LI>Discriminant Function Analysis <LI>Two-Way Tables <LI>Ordination of the Sites with Diatoms and Environmental <LI>Variable (Multidimensional Scaling) <LI>A Diatom Index with Predictive Power <LI>Final Classification of Sites <LI>Site Locations with Status of the Sites <LI>Winter Results <LI>Diatom Taxa </ul> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/&filename=ch5">5. Discussion</a> <ul> <LI>Sampling Sites <LI>Substrate Samplers <LI>Within Stream Variability <LI>Water Quality of Urban Streams <LI>Site Classification Based on Environmental Variables <LI>Site Classification Based Upon Diatom Species <LI><B>Assessment of Stream Health</B> <LI>Status of Sites <LI><B>Predictive Models</B> <LI>Two-Way Tables <LI>Predictive Power of a Diatom Index <LI><B>Concluding Remarks</B> </ul> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/&filename=refs">References</a> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/diatom_predn/&filename=list_tables_figs">List of Tables & Figures</a>