Assessing the Sustainability and Biological Integrity of Water Resources Using Fish Communities

Foreword, W. S. Davis Perspectives Introduction: Biological Integrity and Use of Ecological Health Concepts for Application to Water Resource Characterization, T.P. Simon Using Fish Assemblages in a State Biological Assessment and Criteria Program: Essential Concepts and Considerations, C.O. Yoder and M.A. Smith Collaboration, Compromise, and Conflict: How to Form Partnerships in Environmental Assessment and Monitoring, T.P. Simon, R.M. Goldstein, P.A. Bailey, E. Pearson, M. Ell, K. Schmidt, J. Emblom, and L. Schlueter Historical Biogeography, Ecology, and Fish Distributions: Conceptual Issues for Establishing IBI Criteria, R.M. Strange Applications of IBI Concepts and Metrics to Waters Outside the United…