Assessment of Potential Indicator Species for Monitoring ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................ II
RÉSUMÉ ............................................................................................................................................... III
LIST OF TABLES...................................................................................................................................V
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......................................................................................................................VI
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1
2. METHODS.......................................................................................................................................... 1
2.1 STUDY SPECIES AND AREA.............................................................................................................................1
2.2 SELECTION CRITERIA.....................................................................................................................................2
Criterion 1 - Fundamental Ecological Attributes...........................................................................................2
Criterion 2 - Understanding and Documentation of Ecology .........................................................................4
Criterion 3 - Ease of Sample Collection ........................................................................................................5
Criterion 4 - Suitability for Laboratory Study................................................................................................5
Criterion 5 - Knowledge Pertaining to Other Contaminant Research.............................................................5
2.3 LITERATURE SEARCH AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................6
Map 2.1 Study Area - The Fraser River Basin, British Columbia...................................................................7
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION............................................................................................................ 8
3.1 CRITERION 1 - FUNDAMENTAL ECOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES...............................................................................8
3.2 SPECIES SCORES RESULTING FROM ALL CRITERIA .........................................................................................14
3.3 AQUATIC DIET INFORMATION ......................................................................................................................15
4.0 CONCLUSIONS.............................................................................................................................. 17
GLOSSARY.......................................................................................................................................... 18
APPENDIX 1......................................................................................................................................... 20
APPENDIX 2......................................................................................................................................... 43
APPENDIX 3......................................................................................................................................... 90
BIBLIOGRAPHIC INDEX.....................................................................................................................115
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY...........................................................................................................121
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