CONTENTS PREFACE........................................................................................................... 4 Bretschko, G.: The Ecological Importance of Stream Bedsediments, Regardless of Whether or not they are Inundated................................................................ 5 BUDDENSIEK, V. AND RATZBOR G.: Restoration of Sedimental Quality in Small Brook of the Lüneburger Heide, Northern Germany................................................... 19 FUKSA, J. K.: Attached and Suspended Biomass in Stream: The Share of Biodegradation Capacity.............................................................................. 25 Gilbert, J., Marmonier P., Vaněk V. and S. Plenet: Bank Filtration of Polluted River Water................................................................................................. 29 HARPER D. M.: River Bottom Habitats: Biological Reality and Practical Value in River Management................................................................................................ 35 KOVÁŘ, P.: Implementation of the KNIFIL 2 Model for Design Discharges on Small River Catchments........................................................................................ 47 KRNO, L, ŠPORKA F.,TlRJAKOVÁ E. AND E. BULÁNKOVÁ: Influence of the Construction of the Turček Reservoir on the Organisms of the River Bottom................. 53 Kubíček, F.,Helešic J. and O. Komárek: The Benthic Community in Artificial Concrete Channels........................................................................................ 63 LEICHTFRIED, M. : Organic Matter in Bedsedimets - An Energy Source for Lotic Ecosystems ( A Compilation of a Long Term Study).................................. 77 LUSK S. AND K. HalaČKA: The River Bottom and Fish Populations in Stream. ...................................................................................................................... 95 MARIDET L. AND M. PHILLIPPE: Influence of Substrate Characteristic on the Vertical Distribution of Stream Macroinvertebrates in the Hyporheic Zone............ 101 OPRAVILOVÁ V. AND O. KOMÁREK: Preliminary Comparative Study of Micro-, Meiozoobenthos and Periphytic Algae in Three Man Made Streams......... 107 PEŇÁZ M. AND P. JURAJDA: Antropogenous Impact of the River Habitat Degradation upon Ichthyocoenoses of the River Morava................................................ 121 RULÍK M.: The Vertical Distribution of Macrozoobenthos in River Bed Sediments ( Morava River, Czech Republic)................................................................ 129 ŠTĚRBA O.: The Ecological Value of Rivers in the Morava River Basin........... 143 Vaněk V.: Water Flows through the River Rhône Sediments Near Lyon, their Effect on Groundwater Chemistry and Biology.......................................................... 149 Zahrádková S., Fiala M. and J. Zahrádka: The Morava River - Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality....................................................... 159