Author: Marie ReyesPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Macroinvertebrates as Indicators of Biotic Integrity in Montane Wetlands
Author: Marie ReyesThe Use of Macroinvertebrates as Indicators of Wetland Quality in the Muskegon River Watershed, Michigan
Author: Mollie Day McIntoshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indicators (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Bioindicators for Assessing Ecological Integrity of Prairie Wetlands
Author: Paul R. AdamusPublisher:
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Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Macroinvertebrates and Fishes as Bioindicators of Stream Water Pollution
Author: Pablo FierroPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Freshwater ecosystems worldwide have been progressively deteriorated during the past decades due to an increasing human pressure that has lead to a decrease in aquatic biodiversity. Among the human activities of high impact on freshwater ecosystems is the land-use change, principally from native forests to agriculture. To evaluate the impacts of human activities on water quality, a traditional approach has considered the use of single physical-chemical parameters. However, this approach may be insufficient to fully assess the impact of these human activities on freshwaters. Therefore, there is a need for alternative tools such as the indices of biotic integrity that may provide a complement to traditional approaches. In the literature, there are several examples of biotic indicators that have shown promising results in evaluating water quality including the use of macroinvertebrates and fish diets. Here, we provide a review of the indicators of biotic integrity that included fish assemblages as well as macroinvertebrates as bioindicators. We identify pros and cons of using aquatic communities as indicators of water quality. Finally, we develop a procedure that combines fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages as bioindicators and discuss their effectiveness using illustrative examples from streams under several agricultural uses in the Mediterranean region of Chile.
The Use of Macroinvertebrates as Indicators of Water Quality for Two Northern Lake Huron Coastal Wetlands
Author: Donna R. KashianPublisher:
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Category : Aquatic invertebrates
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Effects of Natural Variability on the Use of Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators of Disturbance in Intermontane Depressional Wetlands in Northwestern Montana, USA
Author: Vicki E. LuddenPublisher:
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Category : Indicators (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands
Author: Darold BatzerPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319249789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
Wetlands are among the world’s most valuable and most threatened habitats, and in these crucially important ecosystems, the invertebrate fauna holds a focal position. Most of the biological diversity in wetlands is found within resident invertebrate assemblages, and those invertebrates are the primary trophic link between lower plants and higher vertebrates (e.g. amphibians, fish, and birds). As such, most scientists, managers, consultants, and students who work in the world’s wetlands should become better informed about the invertebrate components in their habitats of interest. Our book serves to fill this need by assembling the world’s most prominent ecologists working on freshwater wetland invertebrates, and having them provide authoritative perspectives on each the world’s most important freshwater wetland types. The initial chapter of the book provides a primer on freshwater wetland invertebrates, including how they are uniquely adapted for life in wetland environments and how they contribute to important ecological functions in wetland ecosystems. The next 15 chapters deal with invertebrates in the major wetlands across the globe (rock pools, alpine ponds, temperate temporary ponds, Mediterranean temporary ponds, turloughs, peatlands, permanent marshes, Great Lakes marshes, Everglades, springs, beaver ponds, temperate floodplains, neotropical floodplains, created wetlands, waterfowl marshes), each chapter written by groups of prominent scientists intimately knowledgeable about the individual wetland types. Each chapter reviews the relevant literature, provides a synthesis of the most important ecological controls on the resident invertebrate fauna, and highlights important conservation concerns. The final chapter synthesizes the 15 habitat-based chapters, providing a macroscopic perspective on natural variation of invertebrate assemblage structure across the world’s wetlands and a paradigm for understanding how global variation and environmental factors shape wetland invertebrate communities.
Macroinvertebrate Index of Biotic Integrity for the Northern Glaciated Plains Ecoregion (46) of North Dakota
Author: Neil J. HaugerudPublisher:
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Category : Aquatic invertebrates
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
In order to develop biological indicators capable of assessing the biological conditions of state rivers and streams, the North Dakota Department of Health is developing a calibrated multi-metric index of biotic integrity (IBI) based on aquatic macroinvertebrate data for each ecoregion. Macroinvertebrates are common inhabitants of rivers and streams and vital links in the movement of energy through the food web.
Methods for evaluating wetland condition 9 developing an invertebrate index of biological integrity for wetlands.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428905243
Category : Wetlands
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Macroinvertebrate Index of Biotic Integrity for the Lake Agassiz Plain Ecoregion (48) of North Dakota
Author: Neil J. HaugerudPublisher:
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Category : Agassiz, Lake
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The purpose of this project is to develop a set of benthic macroinvertebrate multimetric IBIs that can be used to assess the biological condition of perennial rivers and streams in North Dakota ... Macroinvertebrates are excellent indicators of aquatic health. Additionally, due to the range of life spans and varying needs throughout their life span, macroinvertebrates are excellent indicators of chronic and acute pollution impacts.