Compare the efficiency of artificial substrates and leaf litter substrates in macro invertebrates aggregation samples at Gilgel Gibe Watershade, Southwest Ethiopia

Colonization of Artificial Substrates by Macroinvertebrates: An Approach for Assessing the Water Quality of the La Vega River in Tunja, Boyaca ́

“…Aquatic macroinvertebrates are organisms larger than 500 µm, which play a fundamental role in the food chain of lotic ecosystems [1]. The presence and establishment of aquatic macroinvertebrates is determined by the nature of the available substrate, where tolerant taxa occur throughout the area due to increased activities such as agriculture, and pollution-sensitive groups are associated with the remaining patches of forest [2]. For this reason, aquatic macroinvertebrates have been used worldwide in bioindication and monitoring studies to determine the water quality of rivers, streams, lakes and other water bodies they inhabit.…”