A fish-based index for the assessment of the ecological quality of temperate lakes

Petriki, Olga; Λαζαρίδου, Μαρία; Bobori, Dimitra

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.029

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“…Of these approaches, the multimetric indices have been shown to perform extremely well particularly because they integrate information and data from multiple dimension of aquatic biota and the ecosystem as a whole (Bonada et al, ). Multimetric indices have been developed based on aquatic macrophytes (Aguiar, Feio, & Ferreira, ; Zervas, Tsiaoussi, & Tsiripidis, ); diatoms (Stevenson et al, ); phytoplankton (Katsiapi, Moustaka‐Gouni, & Sommer, ; Lugoli et al, ; Tsiaoussi, Mavromatic, & Kemitzoglou, ; Wu, Schmaz, & Fohrer, ); macroinvertebrates (Edegbene et al, ; Gieswein et al, ; Lu, Wu, Xue, Lu, & Batzer, ; Ntislidou et al, ); and fish (Petriki, Lazaridou, & Bobori, ). Macroinvertebrates are particularly useful for index development because they occupy an important position as consumers, can easily be collected, have high diversity, and are differentially sensitive to a gradient of pollution (Bonada et al, ; Odume et al, ).…”

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Developing and applying a macroinvertebrate‐based multimetric index for urban rivers in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Edegbene

Arimoro

Odume

2019

Ecology and Evolution

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Urban pollution of riverine ecosystem is a serious concern in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. No biomonitoring tool exists for the routine monitoring of effects of urban pollution on riverine systems within the region. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and apply a macroinvertebrate‐based multimetric index for assessing water quality condition of impacted urban river systems in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Macroinvertebrate and physicochemical samples were collected from 11 stations in eight river systems. Based on the physicochemical variables, the stations were categorized into three impact categories namely least impacted stations (LIS), moderately impacted stations (MIS) and heavily impacted stations (HIS). Seventy‐seven (77) candidate metrics were tested and only five: Hemiptera abundance, %Coleoptera + Hemiptera, %Chironomidae + Oligochaeta, Evenness index and Logarithm of relative abundance of very large body size (>40–80 mm) were retained and integrated into the final Niger Delta urban multimetric index (MINDU). The validation dataset showed a correspondence of 83.3% between the index result and the physicochemically‐based classification for the LIS and a 75% correspondence for the MIS. A performance of 22.2% was recorded for the HIS. The newly developed MINDU proved useful as a biomonitoring tool in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria and can thus be used by environmental managers and government officials for routine monitoring of rivers and streams subjected to urban pollution.

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Developing and applying a macroinvertebrate‐based multimetric index for urban rivers in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Edegbene

Arimoro

Odume

2019

Ecology and Evolution

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“…For instance, McGoff et al (2013a) found no relationship between LHMS and lake benthic invertebrate community composition, based on a database of 7 European countries. Some significant relationships between LHMS and fish metrics were reported for lakes in France (Launois et al 2011) and Greece (Petriki et al 2017). Virbickas and Stakėnas (2016) applied in Lithuania a similar holistic approach including both shore alterations and WLFs to assess effects on fish communities, although with contradictory results (Table 3).…”

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Assessing the ecological effects of hydromorphological pressures on European lakes

2019

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In European countries, hydromorphological (HyMo) pressures are the second most commonly occurring types of pressures on aquatic ecosystems (after eutrophication). HyMo pressures (i.e., man-made alterations to the hydrology and morphometry of aquatic ecosystems) impact the functioning of lakes and rivers in multiple ways. Initially, they have profound effects on littoral communities, such as macrophytes, benthic invertebrates, and fish. Ultimately, they result in pervasive alteration of whole-lake ecosystems. Extensive efforts have been devoted to the development of ecological assessment methods and management measures focusing mainly on eutrophication, whereas HyMo alterations are less understood and not properly addressed. We attempted to clarify the conceptual background, to highlight achievements in method development, including pressure-response relationships and metrics used in assessment, and to underscore issues requiring urgent attention. We concluded that the currently used biological methods do not reliably address HyMo alterations. The need to develop specifically responding biological and HyMo assessment methods and to measure the necessary variables in routine monitoring programs is urgent. This review paper also serves as an introductory article to a small special series of papers on the ecological impacts of water level fluctuations. Papers in this series include an updated literature review on the ecological effects of water level fluctuations on lake macroinvertebrates, a review article specifically devoted to water level fluctuations indicators in the littoral of natural and artificial lakes, and a paper addressing the relationships between water level fluctuation alteration and spatial and temporal patterns of cladoceran communities in a dammed lake.

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“…Taking into consideration the above particularities of the Mediterranean climatic zone, various indices have been developed lately for the assessment of the ecological water quality of Mediterranean lakes using different biological elements; e.g., Greek Lake Benthic macroinvertebrate Index (GLBiI) based on benthic macroinvertebrates [34], QAELS 2010 e based on microcrustaceans and insects, EQAT based on Chironomidae pupal exuviae [35] and Greek Lake's Fish Index (GLFI) based on fish [36], all using data from Mediterranean ecosystems. Another recently developed index is the Phytoplankton Community Index (PhyCoI) [37] which is a multimetric index covering all the individual properties of phytoplankton community (diversity, composition, dominance, biomass, blooms).…”

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Grazing Potential—A Functional Plankton Food Web Metric for Ecological Water Quality Assessment in Mediterranean Lakes

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Moustaka‐Gouni

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Grazing potential (GP, in % day−1) was estimated for the plankton communities of 13 Greek lakes covering the trophic spectrum, in order to examine its sensitiveness in discriminating different classes of ecological water quality. Lakes with high GP values exhibited high zooplankton biomass dominated by large cladocerans or/and calanoids while lakes with low GP values had increased phytoplankton biomass and/or domination of small-bodied zooplankton indicating intensive fish predation. GP successfully distinguished among ecological water quality classes (estimated using the phytoplankton water quality index PhyCoI) indicating its potential use as a metric for ecological water quality assessment. As a next step, PhyCoI index was modified to include GP as a metric in order to enhance the phytoplankton-based ecological status classification of lakes incorporating zooplankton as a supporting factor. The PhyCoIGP successfully assessed the ecological water quality in accordance with PhyCoI classification whereas it was significantly correlated with the eutrophication proxy TSISD based on Secchi Depth. Thus, we propose to use the modified phytoplankton index PhyCoIGP for monitoring the ecological water quality of lakes.

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A fish-based index for the assessment of the ecological quality of temperate lakes

Cited by 28 publications

References 51 publications

Developing and applying a macroinvertebrate‐based multimetric index for urban rivers in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Developing and applying a macroinvertebrate‐based multimetric index for urban rivers in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Assessing the ecological effects of hydromorphological pressures on European lakes

Grazing Potential—A Functional Plankton Food Web Metric for Ecological Water Quality Assessment in Mediterranean Lakes

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