Biomonitoring and Bioindicators Used for River Ecosystems: Definitions, Approaches and Trends

Li, Li; Zheng, Binghui; Liu, Lusan

doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.164

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“…Tiny, Quick, and Beautiful Algae and cyanobacteria are valuable indicators of environmental conditions in running and standing water bodies. As primary producers, periphyton acts as an important foundation of food webs in river ecosystems (Li et al 2010). Because the assemblages usually attach to substrate, their growing and prospering can respond directly and sensitively to many kinds of physical, chemical, and biological variation occurring in the river reach, including temperature, nutrient levels, current regimes and grazing, etc.…”

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Riverine Ecosystem Management

Schmutz¹,

Sendzimir²

2018

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Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author (s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paperThis Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Challenges in Riverine Ecosystem Management Jan Sendzimir and Stefan SchmutzThis book is dedicated to those interested in the natural and social sciences and elements of governance that will support the sustainable management of rivers and aquatic ecosystems. Since elements of nature and society interact to determine the integrity and trajectory of these systems, they are referred to hereafter as socialecological systems (SESs). This introduction opens the door to these topics in four steps. It begins by explaining why a book dedicated to river management and science is needed at this point. In the second part, it outlines the history of some of the major developments that challenge the integrity of SESs worldwide. In the third part, it describes several of the principal tools used to study as well as manage SES. Tools to measure the degree of degradation of an SES include indicators of biological integrity, ecosystem health, and resilience. Tools to assess and manage the trajectory of an SES include the DPSIR and adaptive management. The introduction closes by outlining the structure of the book through the progression of its chapters. Justification of BookRivers are among the most threatened ecosystems of the world. For more than a centur...

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Riverine Ecosystem Management

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Sendzimir²

2018

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“…Such impacts result into failure of rivers in providing ecosystem services like recreation, biodiversity, scenic beauty, fisheries, irrigation . Therefore, monitoring and assessment of impacts of stressors is necessary (Li et al, 2010) for proper management of these water bodies. In routine monitoring practices, a range of physical, chemical and biological components are assessed and monitored (Meybeck et al, 1996) as these components are known to provide comprehensive information on the impacts of stressors on water quality making such assessments as holistic approaches (Balian et al, 2008).…”

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“…In routine monitoring practices, a range of physical, chemical and biological components are assessed and monitored (Meybeck et al, 1996) as these components are known to provide comprehensive information on the impacts of stressors on water quality making such assessments as holistic approaches (Balian et al, 2008). Monitoring and assessment methods using biological indicators are often considered advantageous over chemical-based approaches since the latter provides only the "snapshots" whereas the biota provides more information on the ecological status of the ecosystems (Li et al, 2010).…”

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Macroinvetebrate Assemblages as Indicators of Water Quality of the West Seti River, Bajhang, Nepal

Matangulu¹,

Gurung²,

Prajapati³

et al. 2017

Int. J. Environ.

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Water quality of the West Seti River, a tributary of the Karnali in West Nepal was assessed using macroinvertebrates as bioindicators. The main objective of the study was to assess the ecological water quality of the West Seti River and to generate a baseline data on macroinvertebrate assemblages. The sampling was conducted during December 2015 and a total of 11 sampling sites were selected from the West Seti River and its tributaries. Qualitative samples of macroinvertebrates were collected from different habitats. Selected physico-chemical parameters such as pH and temperature were estimated on-site. Dissolved oxygen (DO) was estimated by Winkler's method. The macroinvertebrate samples were enumerated and identified up to Family level following standard literature. Chi-square test was performed to see whether macroinvertebrate taxa varied significantly along the altitudinal gradient and between the West Seti River and its tributaries. An ecological assessment tool Nepalese Biotic Score/ Average Score Per Taxon (NEPBIOS/ASPT) was applied to assess the water quality of the sampling sites. The pH value ranged from 7.9 to 8.7 indicating the alkaline nature of the river. A total of 1666 individuals belonging to 34 Families and 7 Orders of macro-invertebrates were observed. The highest diversity of the macroinvertebrate taxa was observed at site T5 with nineteen Families whereas the lowest taxa diversity was observed at R3 with only five Families. The variation in macroinvertebrate assemblages between the sub-tropical and temperate zones; and the West Seti River and its tributaries were not significant. NEPBIOS/ASPT revealed a score of Water Quality Class of III-IV at Site R3 indicating that the site was polluted. This site was characterized by the abundance of red Chironomids which are considered as the indicators of organic pollution.

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“…The use of living organisms for monitoring water quality originated in Europe and it is widely used in developed and developing countries (Cairns and Pratt, 1993;Metcalfe-Smith, 1994;Bonada et al, 2006). A spectrum of biological communities including plankton, periphyton, microphytobenthos, macrozoobenthos, aquatic macrophytes and fishes have been used in the assessment of river water quality (De Pauw et al, 1992;Bae et al, 2005;Li et al, 2010). The systematic development and testing of rapid bioassessment tools on river basins using benthic macroinvertebrates in developing countries like India (Sivaramakrishnan et al, 1996;Sivaramakrishnan, 2000;Subramananian et al, 2005;Dinakaran and Anbalagan, 2007a;2007b;Sharma et al, 2008;Muralidharan et al, 2010), Thailand (Boomsoong et al, 2008;, Malaysia (Ahmad et al, 2002) and Brazil (Callisto et al, 1998;Buss, 2001;Buss et al, 2002;Silveira et al, 2005;Buss and Salles, 2007) are quite recent.…”

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Impact of riparian land-use patterns on Ephemeroptera community structure in river basins of the southern Western Ghats, India

Selvakumar

Sivaramakrishnan²,

Janarthanan

et al. 2014

Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst.

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Key-words: Ephemeroptera, riparian land use, bioindicators, KMTR, Western GhatsThis study analysed the impact of riparian land use in structuring the larval ephemeropteran communities from 25 sites in streams and rivers of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) of the southern end of the Western Ghats, India. A total of twenty-eight species belonging to twentyfour genera of six families were collected across all the sites. Baetidae and Leptophlebiidae were the most numerous and ubiquitous families, comprising eight genera in each family and eleven and nine species, respectively. The physico-chemical parameters and species richness and abundance of mayflies varied across streams and rivers with different riparian land-use types. Species distribution was influenced by the environmental gradients. Canonical Correspondence Analysis revealed a clear separation of the mayfly assemblages along water quality and riparian landuse gradients. The results of this study suggest that Ephemeroptera taxa can be potentially used as sensitive indicators of riparian land use in lotic ecosystems. RÉSUMÉImpact des modes d'utilisation des terres riveraines sur la structure de la communauté d'éphéméroptères dans les bassins hydrographiques des Ghâts occidentaux du sud, Inde

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Biomonitoring and Bioindicators Used for River Ecosystems: Definitions, Approaches and Trends

Cited by 235 publications

References 133 publications

Riverine Ecosystem Management

Riverine Ecosystem Management

Macroinvetebrate Assemblages as Indicators of Water Quality of the West Seti River, Bajhang, Nepal

Impact of riparian land-use patterns on Ephemeroptera community structure in river basins of the southern Western Ghats, India

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