Distribution and structure of lotic macroinvertebrate communities and the influence of environmental factors in a tropical cloud forest, Cusuco National Park, Honduras

Abstract

Neotropical

Monitoring of Neotropical Streams Using Macroinvertebrate Communities: Evidence from Honduras

“…The development and implementation of effective biological methods for assessing water quality of lotic ecosystems in Honduras, and generally in Central America, is a topic of major importance, considering the growing environmental alteration that affects this region [25,26]. However, to our knowledge, only a few studies have been performed to date [9,[27][28][29].…”

Assessing the sensitivity of leeches as indicators of water quality

“…Until now limnologists usually report sensitivity, at genus or family levels, based on empirical derivation of presence of taxa in relation to ecosystem attributes (Alba-Tercedor et al, 2017;O'Callaghan and Kelly-Quinn, 2017). Our occupancy modelling approach allowed us to describe the differential contribution of each species to the sensitivity of the genus or family level to ecosystem attributes.…”

Uso de macroinvertebrados acuáticos como bioindicadores de la calidad del agua en la cuenca media del rio Guatapurí (Valledupar, Colombia)

“…En el presente estudio se encontró una gran diversidad de este grupo, la familia Elmidae fue la más representativa lo que coincide con lo encontrado por Urdanigo et al, (2019). También se destaca la presencia de las familias Ptilodactylidae y Psephenidae las cuales están asociadas a aguas de buena calidad ambiental (O'Callaghan y Kelly-Quinn, 2017)..…”