Structure and distribution of Hydrachnidia (Parasitengona-Acari) in the sub-basin of the Grande River (Superior Basin of Quinto River. San Luis-Argentina)

Quiroga, Carlos R.; Vallania, Adriana; Ferradás, Beatriz Elena Rosso de

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“…and Kowalik, 1991;Cicolani and Di Sabatino, 1991;Gerecke and Schwoerbel, 1991;Smit and van der Hammen, 1992;Growns, 2001;Dohet et al, 2008;Cicolani et al, 2009;Davies et al, 2010;Quiroga et al, 2010;Cîmpean, 2010). These studies have pointed out that water mites become scarce already in moderately polluted waters and tend to disappear altogether at highly impacted sites (e.g., urban or industrial discharge points) where other macroinvertebrates can still be found (Davies et al, 2010;Alvial et al, 2013).…”

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Indicator value of lotic water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and their use in macroinvertebrate-based indices for water quality assessment purposes

Miccoli

Lombardo

Cicolani

2013

Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst.

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Key-words: water mites, biotic indices, water qualityThe Water Framework Directive (WFD) of the European Union includes benthic macroinvertebrates for the ecological assessment of running waters. The invertebrate-based Star-ICMi index, adopted in 2010, does not include Hydrachnidia (water mites) in its complex formulation. However, Hydrachnidia are associated with many environmental variables and may be useful for stream ecological characterization. We have therefore assessed the bioindicator value of Hydrachnidia in streams of central Italy, and the ability of two mite-containing (the PTH and the newly formulated PTH fam indices) and four mite-excluding biotic indices (Star-ICMi, BMWP, ASPT, and IBE) to characterize 216 sites ranging from semipristine to impacted. Mite bioindicator value was high at family level. Index reliability was consistently low for the PTH and ASPT indices. Distribution of mite families across quality classes (QCs) was fully separated only for the PTH fam index. QC assignment remained reliable at high index values (i.e., at high ecological status) for the PTH fam and BMWP indices, while logarithmic correlations between the PTH fam and the other indices suggest that the latter may misrepresent sites in high, good, and moderate ecological status sensu WFD. Further studies on the PTH fam index are warranted in light of its simplicity, high reliability, and low sampling and taxonomic identification effort.

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Section: Figure 1 the Five Quality Classes (Qcs) Defined By The Watermentioning

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Indicator value of lotic water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and their use in macroinvertebrate-based indices for water quality assessment purposes

Miccoli

Lombardo

Cicolani

2013

Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst.

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Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia): powerful but widely neglected bioindicators – a review

Goldschmidt

2016

Neotropical Biodiversity

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Various biomonitoring methods are used worldwide to evaluate water quality and the ecological integrity of freshwater habitats. Most of these methods are based upon macroinvertebrates, mainly insects, whereas water mites (Hydrachnidia) are widely neglected. In the present review, I summarize the diversity and ecology of water mites and evaluate their potential as bioindicators. Studies correlating water mite assemblages with water quality are presented in a detailed historical overview. Possible constraints to use this group as bioindicators are also discussed. The particular importance of Hydrachnidia in the monitoring of springs is discussed, as well as the state of knowledge on the ecology of neotropical water mites. I present the first data on water mites as bioindicators in streams in Costa Rica and Panama. The need for further research is explained and a call for collaboration is expressed.

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New record of Epistylis obliqua Sommer, 1951 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) on aquatic mite Unionicola minor (Soar 1900) (Acari, Hydrachnidia)

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This article deals with the report of a colonial peritrich ciliate species Epistylis obliqua Sommer, 1951 as epibiont on hydrachnid mite Unionicola minor (Soar 1900) from the freshwater in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The finding of the species is the first after its original description as well as the first finding on a mite which belongs to family Unionicolidae Oudemans, 1909. The systematic position, improved diagnosis and morphometrics characteristic of E. obliqua are presented in the present study.

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Structure and distribution of Hydrachnidia (Parasitengona-Acari) in the sub-basin of the Grande River (Superior Basin of Quinto River. San Luis-Argentina)

Cited by 3 publications

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Indicator value of lotic water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and their use in macroinvertebrate-based indices for water quality assessment purposes

Indicator value of lotic water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and their use in macroinvertebrate-based indices for water quality assessment purposes

Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia): powerful but widely neglected bioindicators – a review

New record of Epistylis obliqua Sommer, 1951 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) on aquatic mite Unionicola minor (Soar 1900) (Acari, Hydrachnidia)

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