Assessing streams in Germany with benthic invertebrates: Development of a multimetric invertebrate based assessment system

Böhmer, Jürgen; Rawer-Jost, Claudia; Zenker, Armin; Meier, Carolin; Feld, Christian K.; Biss, Regina; Hering, Daniel

doi:10.1016/s0075-9511(04)80010-0

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“…Moreover, for the polyhaline muddy stretch the same situation occurred at station 6, where the percentage abundance of carnivore/omnivore specimens decrease (that promoted the worsening status of the two adjacent stations-5 and 7) was masked by the diversity and total abundance increase. Similar observations were also stated for freshwater systems, where Blocksom (2003) found that a scoring method using continuous scaling worked better than such a point scaling, being included in posterior IBI like indices development for streams (Bö hmer et al, 2004). The carnivore/omnivore species abundance percentage was one of the main index components that promoted the final stations classifications differences between sieves, especially on the meso-and oligohaline estuarine stretches.…”

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Review and evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to assess benthic condition

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Ecological Indicators

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confidence: 67%

Review and evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to assess benthic condition

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“…Based on the literature (Barbour et al, 1999;Blocksom et al, 2002;Klemm et al, 2002;Klemm et al, 2003;Bo¨hmer et al, 2004;Ode et al, 2005;Hargett and Zumberge, 2006;Purcell et al, 2009), 37 metrics were initially chosen from community data of benthic macroinvertebrates (Table 1). Kerans and Karr (1994) and Klemm et al (2003) proposed five categories of metrics including richness, tolerance, composition, functional feeding group, and habitat type, while Stoddard et al (2009) classified candidate metrics in six categories with the addition of diversity.…”

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“…Due to the high diversity and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates, numerous metrics have been proposed to estimate ecological integrity (Lenat, 1993;Barbour et al, 1995Barbour et al, , 1996Reynoldson et al, 1997;Blocksom et al, 2002;Klemm et al, 2002). Up to 237 metrics (Whittier et al, 2007) have been reported and accordingly evaluated in streams (Kerans and Karr, 1994;Barbour et al, 1999;Klemm et al, 2002;Blocksom, 2003;Bo¨hmer et al, 2004;Ode et al, 2005;Whittier et al, 2007;Stoddard et al, 2009) and in lakes Solimini et al, 2008;Taowu et al, 2008;Trigal et al, 2009). The criteria used for selection were the degree of gradient (i.e., presenting the overall impact of an environment), discriminatory power Klemm et al, 2003), and the decrease in redundancy among similar metrics (Klemm et al, 2003).…”

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Ecological informatics approach to screening of integrity metrics based on benthic macroinvertebrates in streams

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-Benthic macroinvertebrates are considered as a representative taxon that indicates the ecological status of freshwater ecosystems. Numerous indices derived from community data have been proposed to estimate either biological water quality or ecosystem health. In this study, metrics based on benthic macroinvertebrates at the family level were screened using ecological informatics to provide a multi-metric measurement that would be suitable for presenting ecological integrity across different levels of environmental impact. Benthic macroinvertebrates were collected at a total of 720 sample sites from river basins and streams in Korea in 2009. Based on four categories of community status (i.e., diversity, richness, tolerance, and composition), 37 metrics were selected as initial candidates according to the literature. The candidate metrics were evaluated according to parameters including discriminatory power, redundancy, and responsiveness to stressors. Self-organizing map was utilized to assist the screening procedure by providing ordination, clustering, and visualization of metric and environmental data. Six metrics were finally selected as a multimetric and were compared with conventional indicators for presenting the ecological integrity of streams.

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“…Stream health evaluation has been one of the hottest research areas over the recent decades in developed countries such as U.S.A. [1], Canada [2], France [3], Germany [4], and England [5]. Human interaction with the environment was inevitable and resulted in processes leading to several ecological perturbations in lotic ecosystems.…”

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Stream Health Evaluation Using a Combined Approach of Multi-Metric Chemical Pollution and Biological Integrity Models

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2018

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Bouchung Stream is a large tributary of the Geum River watershed that is simultaneously affected by wastewater treatment plant effluents and agricultural activities in the watershed area. The focal subject was to diagnose the chemical and biological health of the temperate stream by using a combined approach of the multi-metric water pollution index (WPI) and the index of biological integrity (IBI KR ), using datasets from 2008-2014. Water chemistry analyses indicated seasonal and inter-annual variations mainly linked to the intensity of monsoon rainfall in the watershed, potentially causing the availability of agricultural runoff water. The main events of phosphorus inflow and nitrogen dilutions occurred during July-August. Temporal and spatial heterogeneities were observed and were largely recognizable due to nutrient enrichment and organic matter intensification. Chlorophyll showed weak linear relation to total phosphorus (R 2 = 0.17) but no relation to total nitrogen (p > 0.05). Fish compositions analyzed as trophic/tolerance guilds in relation to water chemistry showed visible decline and modifications. Average WPI site scores ranged from 33-23, indicating an excellent upstream to fair downstream water quality status. Correspondingly, IBI KR scores ranged between 38-28 approximating with WPI site classification, as well as both indices showed higher regression relation (R 2 = 0.90). Fish guild analyses revealed tolerant and omnivore species dominating the downstream, while sensitive and insectivores depleting in approximation with changing water chemistry and was confirmed by the principal component analysis. In addition, the fish guilds meticulously responded to phosphorus inflows. In conclusion, overall stream health and water chemistry analyses indicated continuous chemical and biological degradation influencing the trophic and tolerance fish guilds. Moreover, the combined application approach of WPI and IBI KR could help in better understanding the chemical and biological mechanisms in rivers and streams.

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Assessing streams in Germany with benthic invertebrates: Development of a multimetric invertebrate based assessment system

Cited by 105 publications

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Review and evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to assess benthic condition

Review and evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to assess benthic condition

Ecological informatics approach to screening of integrity metrics based on benthic macroinvertebrates in streams

Stream Health Evaluation Using a Combined Approach of Multi-Metric Chemical Pollution and Biological Integrity Models

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