Freshwater biota are more comprehensive and direct indicators of biological impacts, and
more meaningful to the public than water quality or physical habitat surrogates. Freshwater …

The focus of this review is to discuss the current uses and developments of
macroinvertebrate and fish indicators in riverine ecosystems. Macroinvertebrates and fish …

In 1981, James R. Karr's paper 'Assessment of biotic integrity using fish communities'
provided the first description of a multimetric procedure to assess the biotic integrity of …

Multimetric indices (MMIs) have been successfully used to assess ecological conditions in
freshwater ecosystems worldwide, and provide an important management tool especially in …

Assessing the ecological impacts of anthropogenic pressures is a key task in environmental
management. Multimetric indices (MMIs), based on aquatic assemblage responses to …

Riparian vegetation is an important determinant of the physical, chemical, and biological
condition of streams, and odonates are useful indicators of riparian condition. To identify …

At a time when anthropogenic activities are increasingly disturbing the overall ecological
integrity of freshwater ecosystems, monitoring of biological communities is central to …

The water and habitat quality in Panamanian streams and rivers are being degraded by
agriculture, urbanization, industrial activities, mining, and other forms of development. Thus …

Understanding and mapping the spatial variation in stream biological condition could
provide an important tool for conservation, assessment, and restoration of stream …

Macroinvertebrate communities have been widely used as a tool for assessing the
environmental quality of freshwater ecosystems, whereas zooplankton communities have …