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MACROINVERTEBRATES
1.0 INTRODUCTION ..... ..
2.0 SELECTION OF SAMPLE SITES
2.1 Systematic Sampling
2.2 Random Sampling
2.3 Measurement of Abiotic Factors
2.3.1 Substrate
2.3.2 Depth .....
2.3.3 Current Velocity
2.3.4 Salinity
3.0 SAMPLING METHODS
3.1 Quantitative
3.1.1 Definitions and Purpose
3.1.2 Requirements
3.1.3 Advantages
3.1.4 Limitations
3.2 Qualitative ...
3.2.1 Definitions and Purpose
3.2.2 Requirements
3.2.3 Advantages
3.2.4 Limitations
3.3 Devices .. . . .
3.3.1 Grabs
3.3.2 Sieving Devices
3.3.3 Coring Devices
3.3.4 Artificial Substrates
3.3.5 Drift Nets
3.3.6 Photography ...
3.3.7 Qualitative Devices
4.0 SAMPLE PROCESSING
4.1 Sieving
4.2 Preservation
4.3 Labelling .
4.4 Sorting and Subsampling
4.5 Identification
4.6 Biomass .....
5.0 DATA EVALUATION
5.1 Quantitative Data
5.1.1 Reporting Units
5.1.2 Standing Crop and Taxonomic Composition
5.1.3 Diversity . . . . . . . . ..
5.2 Qualitative Data .
5.2.1 Indicator Organism Schemes
5.2.2 Reference Station Methods
6.0 LITERATURE CITED .....
7.0 TAXONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY.
7.1 Coleoptera .
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