A plant-based index of biological integrity (IBI) for headwater wetlands in central Pennsylvania

Desenvolvimento De Índices Multimétricos Para Utilização Em Programas De Monitoramento Biológico Da Integridade De Ecossistemas Aquáticos

“…A utilização de macroinvertebrados bentônicos para o desenvolvimento de índices é atualmente extremamente comum, especialmente para avaliação da integridade de rios e riachos (Barbour et al 1996, Klemm et al 2003, Böhmer et al 2004, Moya et al 2007. Além disso, outros organismos passaram a ser utilizados como bioindicadores para o desenvolvimento dos índices, como pássaros (Bryce et al 2002), anfíbios (Hughes et al 2004), macrófi tas aquáticas (Miller et al 2006), perifíton (Hill et al 2003) e fi toplâncton (Lacouture et al 2006). No Brasil, existem três trabalhos publicados em revistas internacionais que apresentam desenvolvimento de índices multimétricos: (1) para macroinvertebrados em riachos (Baptista et al 2007); (2) para peixes em rios (Araújo et al 2003, Bozzeti & Schulz 2004.…”

Development and evaluation of the Lake Multi-biotic Integrity Index for Dongting Lake, China

“…Algae are also amongst the most widely used indicators of biological integrity and physicochemical conditions in aquatic ecosystems (Hill et al, 2003;Miller et al, 2006;Zalack et al, 2010;Wu et al, 2012). Macroinvertebrate assemblages or metrics have also been extensively used for bioassessment of fresh water systems by environmental agencies and researchers (Plafkin et al, 1989;Resh et al, 1995;Blocksom et al, 2002;Chessman et al, 2007;Blocksom et al, 2009;Menetrey et al, 2011;Ogren and Huckins, 2014).…”

Effects of residual hydrocarbons on the reed community after 10 years of oil extraction and the effectiveness of different biological indicators for the long-term risk assessments

“…Ideally, key indicators should represent information about the composition, structure and function of the ecological system (Bremner et al, 2006;Dale and Beyeler, 2001), and these indicators should be easily and routinely monitored (Bremner et al, 2006;Dale and Beyeler, 2001;Miller et al, 2006;Niemeijer and de Groot, 2008), be sensitive to oil pollution, respond to oil pollution in a predictable manner and match the spatial and temporal scales of the investigations (Dale and Beyeler, 2001;Niemeijer and de Groot, 2008;Niemi and McDonald, 2004). The predictive power and sensitivity of indicators actually depend on the spatial and temporal scales of variation.…”

“…A number of studies have investigated the effects of PH on plant individuals, population and the community that contains them (Hester and Mendelssohn, 2000;Meudec et al, 2007;Rosso et al, 2005), based on the premise that plants are the foundation of ecosystem structure and function and are susceptible to environmental perturbations (Miller et al, 2006).…”