2015
DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2015004
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Reduction of sampling effort assessing macroinvertebrate assemblages for biomonitoring of rivers

Abstract: Key-words: stream invertebrates, effort reduction, biomonitoringBiomonitoring methods based on macroinvertebrate assemblages are widely developed in streams and rivers. However, the use of invertebrates has been criticized due to the long time and expense of processing samples. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of reducing the sampling effort from 20 to 5 samples to assess the stream macroinvertebrate community. In six streams in the Basque Country (North of Spain) 20 kick nets were collected following… Show more

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“…Taxonomic identification was basically carried out to the family level in accordance with Tachet et al (2003). This family level has been often selected for practical biomonitoring of freshwater pollution and habitat degradation with benthic macroinvertebrates (Armitage et al, 1983;Rosenberg and Resh, 1993;Camargo et al, 2004;Ziglio et al, 2006;Alvial et al, 2012;Gartzia et al, 2015). After identification and counting, macroinvertebrate samples were dried in an oven at 60°C for 24 hours in order to estimate total biomass (dry-weight).…”
Section: Macroinvertebrate Sampling and Analysesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Taxonomic identification was basically carried out to the family level in accordance with Tachet et al (2003). This family level has been often selected for practical biomonitoring of freshwater pollution and habitat degradation with benthic macroinvertebrates (Armitage et al, 1983;Rosenberg and Resh, 1993;Camargo et al, 2004;Ziglio et al, 2006;Alvial et al, 2012;Gartzia et al, 2015). After identification and counting, macroinvertebrate samples were dried in an oven at 60°C for 24 hours in order to estimate total biomass (dry-weight).…”
Section: Macroinvertebrate Sampling and Analysesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Benthic macroinvertebrates were collected from undisturbed shallow runs and riffles using a Surber sampler (20 × 20 cm and 250 µm mesh net) and stored in plastic bottles containing 70% ethanol. We used eight replicates for each sampling site because this amount of sampling effort is considered sufficient to characterise macroinvertebrate communities (Gartzia De Bikuña et al 2015). In the laboratory, benthic macroinvertebrates were counted and identified to family under a dissecting microscope.…”
Section: Macroinvertebrates Samplingmentioning
confidence: 99%