A comparison of various indices based on benthic macrofauna for the assessment of the ecological status of selected Carpathian streams

Galas, Joanna; Dumnicka, Elżbieta; Galus-Barchan, Agnieszka

doi:10.2478/s13545-014-0124-0

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“…The values of these indicators correlate with the intensity of particular types of environmental degradation: organic pollution, hydromorphological disturbance, toxicity and general environmental degradation (Bis & Fig. 1 Map of Poland with river network marked and sampling sites classified into three groups differed in terms of abiotic and biocoenotic characteristics; black circles-sites of type 5-1, white circles-sites of type 5-2, triangles-sites of type 6 Mikulec, 2013; Galas et al, 2014) in accordance with assumptions presented by Buffagni et al (2005).…”

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Phylogenetic diversity of larval Chironomidae (Diptera) in lowland rivers as a potential tool in assessment of environmental quality

Koperski

2019

Hydrobiologia

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Different components of biological diversity of larval Chironomidae, typically the most abundant and the most diverse of all lotic zoo-benthos, were assessed to determine their suitability in prediction of the environmental quality. Animals were collected as 73 samples at 62 riverine sites on the territory of Poland and identified morphologically. The analysis of nonlinear regression was used to compare the suitability of the seven indices of diversity. Traditional indices of taxonomic diversity (taxonomic richness, Margalef and Shannon indices) and indices of taxonomic distinctness were found to be unsuitable for this purpose because of the unimodal type of response of their values along with the gradient of the environmental quality. Contrary to them, values of two measures of phylogenetic diversity monotonically increased along with the values of environmental quality measured by official index MMI (Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index) and were considered highly useful. The best fitted functions estimating relationships between MMI and both indices of phylogenetic diversity (total phylogenetic distance and quadratic entropy) were statistically highly significant and have high values of the fitaccuracy parameters. Original index of phylogenetic diversity ChiPDi based on total phylogenetic diversity, quadratic entropy and taxonomic richness has been presented as well as the proposal of related procedure using barcoding methods.

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Phylogenetic diversity of larval Chironomidae (Diptera) in lowland rivers as a potential tool in assessment of environmental quality

Koperski

2019

Hydrobiologia

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“…The physicochemical parameters of water also showed elevated values of phosphorus, ammonium, BOD (especially in the summer months), and as such classify the water below a II class of chemical status [Galas et al 2014].…”

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Diversity of Diatoms in the Natural, Mid-Forest Terebowiec Stream – Bieszczady National Park

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The Terebowiec stream is an 8 km long watercourse which flows through the strictly protected Bieszczady National Park. The studies on bentic diatoms were conducted between 2013-2015 at three sampling sites along the Terebowiec stream and its unnamed tributary. 260 diatom taxa were identified in the streams, of which 13 taxa were considered as frequent. Chemical analysis showed good and high status of the water. In the studied samples, 27 taxa from the Polish Red List of Algae were determined.

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“…A variety of biological methods are currently applied in Europe to evaluate the biological assessment of water quality, most of which are modules based on studies of benthic macroinvertebrates [4,11,[15][16][17]. The Water Framework Directive imposes the necessity for a comprehensive analysis of all available ecological data that characterise rivers in regards to specific structural environmental parameters.…”

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The Use of Biological Indices for the Assessment of the River Quality (Ruda River, Poland)

Spyra

Kubicka²,

Strzelec

2017

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Recognition of the deteriorating conditions of rivers worldwide has called for increased efforts to improve the ecological quality of impacted river systems. This is particularly important in areas that have suffered from a significant impact of human pressure on the ecological status of water. Field studies were conducted in the Ruda River in an area that had undergone anthropogenic disturbances. The objectives of our survey were to test the biological metrics based on benthic macroinvertebrates at four study sites. Spring and autumn surveys of benthic invertebrates indicated that based on the BMWP and BMWP(PL) indices, water quality was higher in comparison with the value of Multimetric index at all of the sites that were studied. Our results revealed that the water quality was higher at the study sites that are located above the dam reservoir based on both the chemical and biological parameters. This study also indicated that both spring and autumn constitute appropriate periods for carrying out monitoring studies. The values of multimeric index indicated the same water quality (except for site 1) in both sampling periods. Anthropogenic transformations of a riverbed influence the flora and fauna and affect the ecological status of rivers.

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A comparison of various indices based on benthic macrofauna for the assessment of the ecological status of selected Carpathian streams

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Phylogenetic diversity of larval Chironomidae (Diptera) in lowland rivers as a potential tool in assessment of environmental quality

Phylogenetic diversity of larval Chironomidae (Diptera) in lowland rivers as a potential tool in assessment of environmental quality

Diversity of Diatoms in the Natural, Mid-Forest Terebowiec Stream – Bieszczady National Park

The Use of Biological Indices for the Assessment of the River Quality (Ruda River, Poland)

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