Evaluating the habitat integrity index as a potential surrogate for monitoring the water quality of streams in the cerrado-caatinga ecotone in northern Brazil

DS Veras, ER Castro, GS Lustosa… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Human activities have long been altering the natural conditions of streams, including the
quality of their water, throughout most of Brazil. This problem is even worse in regions with …

Aquatic and Semiaquatic Heteroptera (Hemiptera: Insecta) Distribution in Streams on the Cerrado–Amazon Ecotone in Headwaters of Xingu River

I Silva-Costa, NFS Giehl, UM Pozzobom… - Arthropoda, 2022 - mdpi.com
The modification of landscapes surrounding water bodies leads to changes in limnological
characteristics and decreased aquatic biodiversity, such as fish and macroinvertebrates …