Bioassessment of the ecological integrity of river ecosystems using aquatic macroinvertebrates: an overview with a focus on South Africa

DJ Ollis, HF Dallas, KJ Esler… - African Journal of Aquatic …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
An overview is given of the bioassessment of the ecological integrity of river ecosystems
using aquatic macroinvertebrates, focussing on the South African situation within a global …

Land use, habitat integrity, and aquatic insect assemblages in Central Amazonian streams

JL Nessimian, EM Venticinque, J Zuanon, P De Marco… - Hydrobiologia, 2008 - Springer
The distribution and composition of aquatic insect communities in streams at a local scale
are considered to be primarily determined by environmental factors and interactive …

Choice of macroinvertebrate metrics to evaluate stream conditions in Atlantic Forest, Brazil

MT Suriano, AA Fonseca-Gessner, FO Roque… - Environmental …, 2011 - Springer
The development of biomonitoring programs based on the macroinvertebrate community
requires the understanding of species distribution patterns, as well as of the responses of …

A multimetric index based on benthic macroinvertebrates for evaluation of Atlantic Forest streams at Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

DF Baptista, DF Buss, M Egler, A Giovanelli… - Hydrobiologia, 2007 - Springer
This study describes the application of a protocol for biological assessment of water quality
at first to third order streams at Serra dos Órgãos, an area covered by Atlantic Forest in Rio …

A macroinvertebrate multimetric index to evaluate the biological condition of streams in the Central Amazon region of Brazil

SRM Couceiro, N Hamada, BR Forsberg… - Ecological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Managers, researchers and technicians involved in the conservation and management of
water resources in the Central Amazonia need a robust tool to assess biological quality in …

生物完整性指数与水生态系统健康评价

王备新, 杨莲芳, 刘正文 - 生态学杂志, 2006 - cje.net.cn
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应用生物完整性指数评价水生态系统健康的研究进展

廖静秋, 黄艺 - 应用生态学报, 2013 - cjae.net
生物完整性指数(IBI) 法是评价水生态系统健康的一种重要且被广泛应用的方法.
本文综述了生物完整性指数的指示物种选择原因, 构建方法以及在水生态系统健康评价中的应用 …

Revision of the biological monitoring working party (BMWP) score system: Derivation of present‐only and abundance‐related scores from field data

MF Paisley, DJ Trigg, WJ Walley - River Research and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) score system was introduced
in 1980 to provide an index of river water quality for England and Wales based on aquatic …

Assessing urban impacts on water quality, benthic communities and fish in streams of the Andes Mountains, Patagonia (Argentina)

ML Miserendino, C Brand, CY Di Prinzio - Water, air, and soil pollution, 2008 - Springer
Communities of aquatic macroinvertebrates, fish density and biomass, and environmental
variables were investigated in three Patagonian mountain rivers affected by urbanization …

Development of a macroinvertebrate multimetric index for the assessment of low-land streams in the neotropics

JE Helson, DD Williams - Ecological Indicators, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …