Biological Assessment of Cannon Creek, Missouri by Use of Emerging Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera)

Hayford, Barbara; Ferrington, Leonard C.

doi:10.2317/0405.20.1

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“…The collection of CPE is a cost-effective alternative biomonitoring method because CPE are simple to collect, more easily identified than larval chironomids, and chironomids alone may be as informative for bioassessment as using a larger group of taxa (Ferrington et al, 1991). Chironomid pupal exuviae have been useful in assessing the impact of point sources of sewage and heavy metals (Coler, 1984;Ferrington & Crisp, 1989;Hayford & Ferrington, 2005). Thus, Chironomidae may also be as or more sensitive to local agricultural land use as other benthic macroinvertebrates.…”

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Relationships among rotational and conventional grazing systems, stream channels, and macroinvertebrates

Raymond

Vondracek

2011

Hydrobiologia

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Cattle grazing in riparian areas can reduce water quality, alter stream channel characteristics, and alter fish and macroinvertebrate assemblage structure. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Services has recommended Rotational Grazing (RG) as an alternative management method on livestock and dairy operations to protect riparian areas and water quality. We evaluated 13 stream channel characteristics, benthic macroinvertebrate larvae (BML), and chironomid pupal exuviae (CPE) from 18 sites in the Upper Midwest of the United States in relation to RG and conventional grazing (CG). A Biotic Composite Score comprised of several macroinvertebrate metrics was developed for both the BML assemblage and the CPE assemblage. Multi-Response Permutation Procedures (MRPP) indicated a significant difference in stream channel characteristics between RG and CG. Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling indicated that RG sites were associated with more stable stream banks, higher quality aquatic habitat, lower soil compaction, and larger particles in the streambed. However, neither MRPP nor Mann-Whitney U tests demonstrated a difference in Biotic Composite Scores for BML or CPE along RG and CG sites. The BML and CPE metrics were significantly correlated, indicating that they were likely responding to similar variables among the study sites. Although stream channel characteristics appeared to respond to grazing management, BML and CPE may have responded to land use throughout the watershed, as well as local land use.

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Section: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communitiesmentioning

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Relationships among rotational and conventional grazing systems, stream channels, and macroinvertebrates

Raymond

Vondracek

2011

Hydrobiologia

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“…Physicochemical parameters were expressed as means ± standard error (M ± SE); macroinvertebrate count data were log 10 ( + 1) transformed to meet the statistical criteria for normality. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA, = 0.05) and Pearson rank correlation were used to test whether the physicochemical parameters and benthic macroinvertebrates differed among the rivers and site categories [20,21]. The macroinvetebrates data were subjected to Bray-Curtis similarity analysis to reveal resemblance among sites and rivers.…”

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Study on Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Some Tanzanian Rivers as a Basis for Developing Biomonitoring Index for Assessing Pollution in Tropical African Regions

Elias

Ijumba

Mgaya

et al. 2014

Journal of Ecosystems

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Macroinvertebrates and physicochemical parameters were assessed at 15 sites along five rivers in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania, with the aim of understanding their ecological status and setting a base to the development of a biological index for tropical regions. Investigated rivers that occur within Pangani basin include Karanga, Rau, Lumbanga, Sere, and Umbwe. Sampling sites were categorized according to the level of water and habitat quality as follows: reference or least impacted (4 sites), moderately impacted (5 sites), and highly impacted (6 sites) sites. A total of 12,527 macroinvertebrates belonging to 13 orders and 48 families were recorded. The highest total abundance of 4,110 individuals per m 2 was found in Karanga river, while Umbwe river had the lowest with 1,203 individuals per m 2 . Chironomidae was the most abundant family (2,588 individuals per m 2 ) and the least were Hydridae and Thiaridae, each having 5 individuals per m 2 . High numbers of taxa were noted among the orders: Ephemeroptera (8), Odonata (8), Diptera (7), and Trichoptera (6). In conclusion, orders with greater diversity of macroinvertebrate families offer a wide range of tolerance to pollution and, thus can potentially be used to develop a biomonitoring index for evaluating pollution in tropical African rivers.

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“…Many studies have used SFPE to effectively assess the biological condition of aquatic habitats using community metrics (e.g., richness, composition, diversity indices, and biotic indices) (e.g., Wright et al 1996;Cranston et al 1997;Hayford and Ferrington 2005). These metrics include many of the measures that were assessed in this study.…”

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The effects of subsampling and sampling frequency on the use of surface-floating pupal exuviae to measure Chironomidae (Diptera) communities in wadeable temperate streams

Bouchard

Ferrington

2010

Environ Monit Assess

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Community, diversity, and biological index metrics for chironomid surface-floating pupal exuviae (SFPE) were assessed at different subsample sizes and sampling frequencies from wadeable streams in Minnesota (USA). Timed collections of SFPE were made using a biweekly sampling interval in groundwater-dominated (GWD) and surface-water-dominated (SWD) streams. These two types of stream were sampled because they support different Chironomidae communities with different phenologies which could necessitate sampling methodologies specific to each stream type. A subsample size of 300 individuals was sufficient to collect on average 85% of total taxa richness and to estimate most metrics with an error of about 1% relative to 1,000 count samples. SWD streams required larger subsample sizes to achieve similar estimates of taxa richness and metric error compared to GWD streams, but these differences were not large enough to recommend different subsampling methods for these stream types. Analysis of sample timing determined that 97% of emergence occurred from April through September. We recommend in studies where estimation of winter emergence is not important that sampling be limited to this period. Sampling frequency also affected the proportion of the community collected. To maximize the portion of the community, collected samples should be taken across seasons although no specific sampling interval is recommended. Subsampling and sampling frequency was also assessed simultaneously. When using a 300-count subsample, a 4-week sampling interval from April through September was required to collect on average 71% of the community. Due to differences in elements of the chironomid community evaluated by different studies (e.g., biological condition, phenology, and taxonomic composition), richness estimates are documented for five sampling intervals (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 weeks) and five subsample sizes (100, 200, 300, 500, and 1,000 counts). This research will enhance future studies by providing guidelines for tailoring SFPE methods to study specific goals and resources.

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Biological Assessment of Cannon Creek, Missouri by Use of Emerging Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera)

Cited by 26 publications

References 20 publications

Relationships among rotational and conventional grazing systems, stream channels, and macroinvertebrates

Relationships among rotational and conventional grazing systems, stream channels, and macroinvertebrates

Study on Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Some Tanzanian Rivers as a Basis for Developing Biomonitoring Index for Assessing Pollution in Tropical African Regions

The effects of subsampling and sampling frequency on the use of surface-floating pupal exuviae to measure Chironomidae (Diptera) communities in wadeable temperate streams

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