Stream Periphyton Monitoring Manual
The Stream Periphyton Monitoring Manual describes a standard set of methods to enable regional councils, consultants and researchers to collect and analyse data on periphyton for resource surveys, impact assessments/monitoring, state of environment reporting and research studies. It builds on the New Zealand Periphyton Guideline: Detecting, Monitoring and Managing Enrichment of Streams.
The Stream Periphyton Monitoring Manual covers two general levels of data collection that are likely to be needed in resource management investigations:
- rapid assessments
- comprehensive (quantitative) assessments.
It provides a set of protocols that will be applicable to most of the common stream habitats in New Zealand. The manual also includes an identification guide to common periphyton in New Zealand streams and rivers and a field identification chart.
Contents
- Summary of figures
- Summary of tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Design of sampling programmes: “begin with the end in mind”
- 3. Determining data precision and number of sampling replicates required
- 4. Specific considerations in planning studies
- 5. Common New Zealand stream habitats and their periphyton communities
- 6. Field procedures
- 7. Biomass analyses
- 8. Taxonomic analyses
- 9. Data analysis and reporting
- 10. Identification guide to common periphyton in New Zealand streams and rivers
- 11. References
- Appendix 1 Nonparametric methods and equivalence tests
- Appendix 2 Predominant periphyton community types commonly found in New Zealand streams during summer low flows and their habitats
- Appendix 3 Periphyton field identification chart
