Barbara J. Downes is a Senior Lecturer in Ecology in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is an aquatic ecologist, with 20 years research experience in both freshwater and marine environments.
Part I. Introduction to the Nature of Monitoring Problems and to Rivers: 1. Why we need well-designed monitoring programs
2. The ecological nature of flowing waters
3. Assessment of perturbation
Part II. Principles of Inference and Design: 4. Inferential issues for monitoring
5. The logical bases of monitoring design
6. Problems in applying designs
7. Alternative models for impact assessment
Part III. Applying Principles of Inference and Design: 8. Applying monitoring designs to flowing waters
9. Inferential uncertainty and multiple lines of evidence
10. Variables that are used for monitoring in flowing waters
11. Defining important changes
12. Decisions and trade-offs
13. Optimization
14. The special case of monitoring attempts at restoration
15. What's next?
