Fish-based indices for assessing ecological quality and biotic integrity in transitional waters: A systematic review

Souza, Gabriel Barros Gonçalves de; Vianna, Marcelo

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105665

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“…IBI has been applied to multiple aqueous systems for various purposes, in addition, the P-IBI applied in this study efficiently identified the main environmental parameters that are related with each level (bad, low, and moderate) (12,14,15).…”

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Using of Index Biological Integrity of Phytoplankton (P-IBI) in the Assessment of Water Quality in Don River Section

Bakaeva¹,

Al-Ghizzi

Zahraw

2021

Baghdad Sci.J

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The multimetric Phytoplankton Index of Biological Integrity (P-IBI) was applied throughout Rostov on Don city (Russia) on 8 Locations in Don River from April – October 2019. The P-IBI is composed from seven metrics: Species Richness Index (SRI), Density of Phytoplankton and total biomass of phytoplankton and Relative Abundance (RA) for blue-green Algae, Green Algae, Bacillariophyceae and Euglenaphyceae Algae. The average P-IBI values fell within the range of (45.09-52.4). Therefore, water throughout the entire study area was characterized by the equally "poor" quality. Negative points of anthropogenic impact detected at the stations are: Above the city of Rostov-on-Don (1 km, higher duct Aksai) was 38.57 in June, the lower inflow of the Temernik river which was 38.57- 41.42 in summer and below the spillway was 38.57 -34.28 in August. At these stations, samples with P-IBI values more than 56, characterizing water quality as "Fair", were not found in any of the observations. The negative effect on the water at the stations may be due to the influence of the closely located Aksai city and the impact of the Temernik River. In Russia P-IBI have not been used yet, so this study can be considered as the first study that’s conducted to assess the environmental status of the Don River by using the phytoplankton index of Biological Integrity and has developed scoring criteria of the Don River (P-IBI) and other watercourses of the south of Russia. The continuous monitoring relaying on the selection of the most suitable metrics score is recommended.

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Using of Index Biological Integrity of Phytoplankton (P-IBI) in the Assessment of Water Quality in Don River Section

Bakaeva¹,

Al-Ghizzi

Zahraw

2021

Baghdad Sci.J

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“…O IBI é apenas uma das ferramentas disponíveis que incorporam a informação biológica para avaliar a qualidade do ambiente aquático. Revisões e análises cienciométricas sobre esse tema foram publicadas por Roset et al (2007), Jaramillo-Villa & Caramaschi (2008, Ruaro & Gubiani (2013), Ticiani et al (2018) e Souza & Vianna (2020). Outros índices foram desenvolvidos a partir da resposta de espécies indicadoras e podem ser aplicados aos diferentes contextos e necessidades do processo de avaliação biológica, como o "Tolerance Indicator Value" (TIV, Meador et al 2008), ou ainda o "Fish-Based Index" (FBI, Oberdorff et al 2002) e o "Index of Community Integrity" (ICI, Hermoso et al 2010), que seguem o arcabouço metodológico do IBI, mas avançam na estratégia analítica.…”

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Avaliação Da Integridade Biótica De Riachos a Partir Da Ictiofauna

Casatti¹,

Ortigossa²

2021

Oecol. Aust.

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Almost four decades ago, ecologist James R. Karr published the first version of the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) to assess the health of aquatic ecosystems from fish assemblages. Since then, numerous adaptations, criticisms, and reinterpretations have emerged from this seminal study, covering diverse world biomes. In Brazil, the first versions of IBI for streams were developed in the South (in 2004). Over time, scientific production on this topic has shown a significant increase in the complexity of the approaches and methods used, mainly due to the advance in the basic knowledge about stream fish diversity, ecology, and biology. These studies include, for example, tests of metrics already proposed, proposals for new metrics, adaptations for different basins, and tests of the ecological responses of the ichthyofauna to different human-originated impacts. Even so, there are no standardized protocols for defining the metrics, nor for the introduction of these indexes in the stream monitoring routine. The objective of this article is to present a theoretical framework on the development of IBI for Brazilian streams, based on ichthyofauna, to discuss whether it is possible and feasible to standardize protocols for the development of IBIs and the prospects of applicability in Brazilian streams.

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“…groups of freshwater ecosystems, and by looking at their assemblage structure we can infer the condition of a waterbody (Karr, 1981;Fausch et al, 1990;Scardi et al, 2006;Gonino et al, 2020;Souza & Vianna, 2020). Fish are particularly effective as biological indicators because they live in the water all their life, unlike many macroinvertebrates, and therefore, they continually inhabit the receiving water and integrate the chemical, physical and biological histories of the aquatic ecosystems; they are sensitive to several kinds of disturbances; they are excellent models in which to analyze responses to several stressors; unlike macroinvertebrates, most fish species have a long lifespan (i.e., about 2-10 years) and can reflect both long-term and current water quality; they are diverse in their feeding habits, and therefore, are able to integrate ecosystem health over larger spatial and temporal scales (López-López & Sedeño-Díaz, 2015).…”

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Index of Biotic Integrity based on fish assemblages for pampean streams and its implementation along the Del Azul stream (Buenos Aires province, Argentina)

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Aim Freshwater communities respond to abiotic and biotic changes in the environment, and are widely used as indicators of environmental integrity. Fish have been one of the most used biological groups for this purpose. The Del Azul stream located in the pampean region of Argentina has been monitored using a physicochemical approach with this monitoring being sporadic due to economic and operational constraints associated with the chemical analyses. In this paper we developed an Index of Biotic Integrity for the Del Azul stream (IBIA) based on Karr´s Index of Biotic Integrity as an alternative. Methods We computed two existent physicochemical indexes for comparison, one of them is the NSF-WQI and the other one is a local index referred to as Water Quality Index for Del Azul Stream and based on the former. Results The three indexes followed similar trends along the examined reaches, showing good conditions in the upper basin, poor conditions just downstream of the urban area and a recovery state further downstream in the basin. Conclusions Since the IBIA followed the same patterns as the physicochemical indexes, has a lower implementation cost and it is simpler to apply, we promote it as an alternative to the traditional physicochemical water quality monitoring for pampean streams.

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Fish-based indices for assessing ecological quality and biotic integrity in transitional waters: A systematic review

Cited by 42 publications

References 84 publications

Using of Index Biological Integrity of Phytoplankton (P-IBI) in the Assessment of Water Quality in Don River Section

Using of Index Biological Integrity of Phytoplankton (P-IBI) in the Assessment of Water Quality in Don River Section

Avaliação Da Integridade Biótica De Riachos a Partir Da Ictiofauna

Index of Biotic Integrity based on fish assemblages for pampean streams and its implementation along the Del Azul stream (Buenos Aires province, Argentina)

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