ABSTRACT
Overview ........................................................................................................................................346 Ecosystem Structure and Integrity, Chaos and Disturbance ...............................................346
Flow and Rainfall Monitoring .......................................................................................................349 Flow Requirements for Aquatic Biota .................................................................................350 Urban Hydrology..................................................................................................................351 Pollutant Transport ...............................................................................................................356 Flow Monitoring Methods ...................................................................................................357 Rainfall Monitoring ..............................................................................................................377
Soil Evaluations .............................................................................................................................388 Case Study to Measure Infiltration Rates in Disturbed Urban Soils ..................................389 Observations-Infiltration Rates in Disturbed Urban Soils ..................................................394 Water Quality and Quantity Effects of Amending Soils with Compost .............................397
Aesthetics, Litter, and Safety.........................................................................................................398 Safety Characteristics ...........................................................................................................398 Aesthetics, Litter/Floatables, and Other Debris...................................................................398
Habitat ............................................................................................................................................400 Factors Affecting Habitat Quality ........................................................................................403 Channelization ......................................................................................................................404 Substrate ...............................................................................................................................406 Riparian Habitats ..................................................................................................................409 Field Habitat Assessments....................................................................................................410 Temperature ..........................................................................................................................410 Turbidity ...............................................................................................................................413 Dissolved Oxygen ................................................................................................................417
Water and Sediment Analytes and Methods..................................................................................423 Selection of Analytical Methods..........................................................................................423 Use of Field Methods for Water Quality Evaluations .........................................................425 Conventional Laboratory Analyses ......................................................................................447 Use of Tracers to Identify Sources of Inappropriate Discharges to Storm Drainage and Receiving Waters ...........................................................................................................459
