A preliminary biological study of the effects of pollution on Farmer's Creek and Cox's River, New South Wales

Jolly, V. H.; Chapman, Mark A.

doi:10.1007/bf00161494

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“…There were marked differences between the site receiving sewage effluent and the reference sites in taxonomic richness (ANOVA), ordination groupings (NMDS) and pairwise comparisons of community composition (ANOSIM). Similar differences between reference and polluted sites have been reported in several other Australian studies of the effects of organic wastes on stream macroinvertebrate communities (Jolly & Chapman 1966;Campbell 1978;Arthington et al 1982;Pearson & Penridge 1987;Cosser 1988). In particular, an increased abundance of dipterans, especially Chironomidae, and a scarcity of Ephemeroptera and Trichoptera, are characteristic of Australian streams polluted by organic wastes.…”

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Measuring the impact of sewage effluent on the macroinvertebrate community of an upland stream: The effect of different levels of taxonomic resolution and quantification

Wright

Chessman²,

Fairweather

et al. 1995

Australian Journal of Ecology

127

104

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Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled from four sites on upland streams in the Wentworth Ealls area of the Blue Mountains, NSW. One site received effluent from a sewage treatment plant and the others were reference sites. Eive replicate collections were taken from each site on four occasions at intervals of 3 months. Macroinvertebrate community data were analysed using univariate (ANOVA) and multivariate (NMDS) techniques and comparisons were made between analyses at different levels of taxonomic aggregation and using different methods of data transformation. Similar pattems were observed at both species and family levels, and even the order level showed a clear community response to effluent input. Binary (presence/ absence) data provided similar results to quantitative data for the species and family levels. However, when binary data were used at the order level, the distinctions between the reference sites became blurred. We discuss the implications of these findings for environmental monitoring.

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Measuring the impact of sewage effluent on the macroinvertebrate community of an upland stream: The effect of different levels of taxonomic resolution and quantification

Wright

Chessman²,

Fairweather

et al. 1995

Australian Journal of Ecology

127

104

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“…Assessment of the impacts of urbanisation on rivers and streams has involved the research and use of a wide range of physical, chemical and biological indicators (Jolly and Chapman 1966;Suren 2000;Paul and Meyer 2001;Center for Watershed Protection 2003). Freshwater biota (e.g., microbes, algae, macrophytes, invertebrates, fish) has been used to describe the changes of urbanisation (e.g., Paul and Meyer 2001), with freshwater macroinvertebrates being broadly regarded as particularly sensitive and robust indicators of the health of urban waterway ecosystems (Jolly and Chapman 1966;Gresens et al 2007).…”

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“…Freshwater biota (e.g., microbes, algae, macrophytes, invertebrates, fish) has been used to describe the changes of urbanisation (e.g., Paul and Meyer 2001), with freshwater macroinvertebrates being broadly regarded as particularly sensitive and robust indicators of the health of urban waterway ecosystems (Jolly and Chapman 1966;Gresens et al 2007). However, sampling methods for freshwater invertebrates are diverse.…”

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Impact of urban development on aquatic macroinvertebrates in south eastern Australia: degradation of in-stream habitats and comparison with non-urban streams

Davies

Wright

Findlay³

et al. 2010

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Internationally, waterways within urban areas are subject to broad-scale environmental impairment from urban land uses. In this study, we used in-stream macroinvertebrates as surrogates to measure the aquatic health of urban streams in the established suburbs of northern Sydney, in temperate south eastern Australia. We compared these with samples collected from streams flowing in adjacent naturally vegetated catchments. Macroinvertebrates were collected over a 30-month period from riffle, edge and pool rock habitats and were identified to the family level. Macroinvertebrate assemblages were assessed against the influence of imperviousness and other catchment and water quality variables. The study revealed that urban streams were significantly impaired compared with those that flowed through naturally vegetated non-urban catchments. Urban streams had consistently lower family richness, and sensitive guilds were rare or missing. We found that variation in community assemblages among the instream habitats (pool edges, riffles and pool rocks) were more pronounced within streams in naturally vegetated catchments than in urban waterways.

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“…The inclusion of these goals provides a great stimulus for the inclusion of biological indicators in routine programmes of water quality assessment and monitoring, something that aquatic biologists in this country have been advocating for nearly three decades (Jolly & Chapman 1966;Mclvor 1976;Williams 1980a;Campbell 1982). However, the wording of these goals raises some practical issues for biologists involved in such programmes.…”

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Rapid assessment of rivers using macroinvertebrates: A procedure based on habitat‐specific sampling, family level identification and a biotic index

Chessman

1995

Australian Journal of Ecology

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This paper describes a simple and inexpensive procedure for the rapid biological assessment of water quality in rivers and streams in eastern Australia. The procedure involves the standardized collection of samples of 100 macroinvertebrates from defined habitat types within a water body. Specimens are identified to family level only and a biotic index is calculated. Proposed future testing and evaluation are described, and the limitations of the rapid approach are discussed.

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A preliminary biological study of the effects of pollution on Farmer's Creek and Cox's River, New South Wales

Cited by 22 publications

References 5 publications

Measuring the impact of sewage effluent on the macroinvertebrate community of an upland stream: The effect of different levels of taxonomic resolution and quantification

Measuring the impact of sewage effluent on the macroinvertebrate community of an upland stream: The effect of different levels of taxonomic resolution and quantification

Impact of urban development on aquatic macroinvertebrates in south eastern Australia: degradation of in-stream habitats and comparison with non-urban streams

Rapid assessment of rivers using macroinvertebrates: A procedure based on habitat‐specific sampling, family level identification and a biotic index

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