Legislation in Europe has been adopted to determine and improve the ecological integrity of
inland and coastal waters. Assessment is based on four biotic groups, including benthic …

The increasing stress on lake ecosystems is affecting their functioning such as providing
goods and services to inhabiting organisms and riparian communities. Monitoring of water …

ABSTRACT In European countries, hydromorphological (HyMo) pressures are the second
most commonly occurring types of pressures on aquatic ecosystems (after eutrophication) …

Lake systems are under heavy pressure impacting on their biodiversity and associated
ecosystem services. This is especially acute in West Africa and developing countries which …

Little information is available on the use and applicability of biotic indices in aquatic
resource conservation and management in Eastern Africa, especially in lentic ecosystems …

Aquatic environments are often severely polluted with chemical substances of
anthropogenic origin, which can pose a potential threat to aquatic organisms and human …

Benthic macroinvertebrates have a long history of use in environmental monitoring.
However, macroinvertebrate-based multimetric approach has not been well developed to …

Shallow littoral areas in lakes are productive and highly diverse ecotonal zones, providing
habitats for both invertebrate and vertebrate species. We developed a Bayesian modeling …

We present the design of the Lithuanian River Macroinvertebrate Index (LRMI)–a Water
Framework Directive compliant method for assessing the ecological status of Lithuanian …

Macroinvertebrate community composition in regulated rivers is highly dependent on high
and low flow events. Significant reduction or augmentation of the flow downstream from a …