Cook book for the development of a Multimetric Index for biological condition of aquatic ecosystems: experiences from the European AQEM and STAR projects and related initiatives

Hering, Daniel; Feld, Christian K.; Moog, Otto; Ofenböck, Thomas

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5493-8_22

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“…This monotonic relation seems to be expected in certain procedures of biological assessment based on macrobenthos identified mainly to the level of genera (e.g. Hering et al, 2006a). Bini et al (2014) found a unimodal distribution mode for the three indices of diversity against nutrient enrichment when stream invertebrates were identified to the genus level.…”

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Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) and their suitability in biological assessment of environmental quality

Koperski

2017

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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-Different components of biological diversity of leeches (Hirudinea), sampled in lowland watercourses in Poland were compared between sites differed in terms of environmental quality, measured by officially approved procedures. Indices based on taxonomic diversity, rarefied species richness, taxonomic distinctness, phylogenetic diversity and functional diversity were considered in the analysis, for sites belonging to three biocoenotic types of watercourses. In most cases values of all indices except Pielou's evenness show unimodal relationships with environmental quality and in any case monotonic increase in diversity was not shown. Median values of diversity were significantly higher and its highest values were significantly more frequent at sites with moderate than with low or high environmental quality. This pattern of relationships was observed both for indices based on presence/absence data and those based on relative abundance of species. The significance of this mode of relationships differed between biocoenotic types and between procedures using to measure environmental quality. The results obtained show low and doubtful usefulness of each component of leech diversity as an element of biological assessment in lowland watercourses.Keywords: taxonomic diversity / phylogenetic diversity / functional diversity / Hirudinea / biological assessment Résumé -Diversité taxonomique, phylogénétique et fonctionnelle des sangsues (Hirudinea) et leur aptitude à l'évaluation biologique de la qualité environnementale. Différentes composantes de la diversité biologique des sangsues (Hirudinea), échantillonnées dans les cours d'eau de plaine en Pologne, ont été comparées entre des sites différents en termes de qualité environnementale, mesurée par des procédures officiellement approuvées. Les indices fondés sur la diversité taxonomique, la richesse en espèces raréfiées, la diversité phylogénétique et la diversité fonctionnelle ont été pris en compte dans l'analyse, pour des sites de cours d'eau appartenant à trois types biocénotiques. Dans la plupart des cas, les valeurs de tous les indices, à l'exception de l'équitabilité de Pielou, montrent des relations unimodales avec la qualité de l'environnement et, en tout état de cause, une augmentation monotone de la diversité. Les valeurs médianes de la diversité étaient significativement plus élevées et les valeurs les plus élevées étaient significativement plus fréquentes dans les sites de qualité environnementale modérée plutôt que faible ou élevée. Ce patron de relations a été observé à la fois pour les indices fondés sur les données de présence/ absence et ceux fondés sur l'abondance relative des espèces. L'importance de ce mode de relations différait entre les types de biocénoses et entre les procédures utilisées pour mesurer la qualité de l'environnement. Les résultats obtenus montrent que chaque composante de la diversité des sangsues est peu utile et douteuse en tant qu'élément de l'évaluation biologique dans les cours d'eau de plaines.Mots-clés : diversité taxo...

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Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) and their suitability in biological assessment of environmental quality

Koperski

2017

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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“…The metrics are scaled to reference conditions or expectations for the lake classes, and any decision on subdivision should reflect the distribution of the scores for the reference sites. This paper proposes classes with equal ranges to provide five ordinal rating categories for assessment of impairment in accordance with the requirements of the European Water Framework Directive [53], that is, excellent (≥0.8), good (0.6-0.8), fair (0.4-0.6), poor (0.2-0.4), and bad (<0.2).…”

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Assessing Aquatic Ecological Health for Lake Poyang, China: Part I Index Development

Huang

Gao

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Abstract:The development of an ecosystem health index to assess health status in freshwater lakes is urgently needed in China, especially in polluted lakes. This study developed a specific Ecosystem Health Index (LP-EHI) for Lake Poyang in China. LP-EHI quantified lake health from the perspectives of physical, chemical, biological integrity and social service. Physical integrity indices included hydrological conditions (water level and runoff), basic morphometric characteristics (lake area and shoreline), and tributary connectivity. Chemical integrity indices used water quality, nutrition, and toxicity to quantify chemical impairment. Biological integrity indicators covered six major components of the aquatic food chain, namely, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic macroinvertebrates, wetland plants, fish, and wintering birds. Social service indices included drinking water, pathogenic potential, flood storage capacity, sand mining, and dish-shaped sub-lake areas under management to measure whether the lake fulfilled the needs of human society. Reference and impaired conditions for each metric were defined by "historical" conditions, "least disturbed" conditions, national standards and expert opinions. The value of LP-EHI ranging from 0 to 1 was divided into five health conditions: excellent (≥0.8), good (0.6-0.8), fair (0.4-0.6), poor (0.2-0.4) and bad (<0.2). The metrics' reliability was further validated using a box-and-whisker plot test. The developed index (LP-EHI) is so far the most comprehensive index to evaluate ecosystem health for Lake Poyang, and is well reflected in the unique characteristics of Lake Poyang. It can enhance our understanding of lake health conditions and thus guide lake management to achieve better health conditions.

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“…The databases contain taxonomic structure of invertebrates sampled once at 750 streams and rivers across Poland between 2009 and 2011 and identified to the family level. All samples were collected at fixed sampling sites, processed in the laboratory and identified by RIEP staff, according to the established procedure (multihabitat method of macrobenthos sampling RIVECO, Bis and Mikulec, 2013) in accordance with the assumptions of AQEM and STAR projects (STAndardization of River classification À a European Commission Framework V project) (Furse et al, 2006;Hering et al, 2006) and the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (2000). The database also contains classifications of each sampling site into one of 26 abiotic types and into one of six biocoenotic types of watercourses based on the structure of benthic assemblages at reference sites (Bis and Mikulec, 2013).…”

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“…BMWPpl is the original version of the well-known index BMWP (Armitage et al, 1993) implemented to Polish conditions as the official method of biological assessment (Kownacki et al, 2004). Index MMI is a multimetric biotic index, developed in accordance with objectives of the project STAR (Furse et al, 2006;Hering et al, 2006) and is currently the official method of biological assessment of watercourses in Poland (e.g. Lewin et al, 2014).…”

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Environmental quality of a stream can be better predicted by phylogenetic than by taxonomic diversity

Koperski

Meronka

2017

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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-Different indices of taxonomic diversity (TD) and phylogenetic diversity (PD) of the macrobenthos were compared to determine the efficient predictors of environmental quality (EQ) in different types of watercourses in Poland. Archived data of 864 samples of benthic invertebrates identified to the family level were analysed on the basis of linear and non-linear multiply regression. The strengths of the correlations between two measures of EQ:BMWPpl (British Monitoring Working Party score system, Polish modification) and MMI (Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index) and the values of taxonomic richness and three well-known TD indices: Shannon, Margalef and J' Evenness were compared to those for values of three PD indices, based on taxonomic distinctness. Taxonomic richness and all PD indices correlated more strongly with both measures of EQ than all TD indices. Correlations with both types of diversity indices were visibly stronger for BMWPpl when compared with MMI. We suggest that analysed indices of PD, especially MDis (mean phylogenetic distance between families in a sample), are related with EQ strongly enough to be taken into account as potential metrics in selection procedures of biological assessment. Nous suggérons que les indices analysés de la diversité phylogénétique, en particulier les MDis (distance phylogénétique moyenne entre les familles dans un échantillon), sont liés à une QE suffisamment forte pour être pris en compte comme mesure potentielle dans les procédures de sélection de l'évaluation biologique.Mots-clés : diversité phylogénétique / diversité taxonomique / macrobenthos / qualité environnementale / rivière

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Cook book for the development of a Multimetric Index for biological condition of aquatic ecosystems: experiences from the European AQEM and STAR projects and related initiatives

Cited by 127 publications

References 21 publications

Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) and their suitability in biological assessment of environmental quality

Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) and their suitability in biological assessment of environmental quality

Assessing Aquatic Ecological Health for Lake Poyang, China: Part I Index Development

Environmental quality of a stream can be better predicted by phylogenetic than by taxonomic diversity

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