Freshwater macroinvertebrates in the Mondego river basin

Graça, Manuel A. S.; Coimbra, Nuno; Oliveira, Ricardo; Carvalho, Maria da Graça; Abelho, Manuela

doi:10.14195/978-989-26-0336-0_7

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“…In regions where this seasonality is less strong, as in this case of the studied stream system in Central Portugal, the BMWP' seems to perform well (e.g. Oliveira et al, 2001, Graça et al, 2002, Ferreira et al, 2004.…”

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The use of biological methods based on macroinvertebrates to an Iberian stream (Central Portugal) receiving a paper mill effluent

Blijswijk

Coimbra²

2004

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Low mobility and long life cycles ensure that the presence of a given taxon at the sampling time reflects past conditions.Biotic indices have been applied in many European Union countries to assess water quality. One of the first biotic indices using exclusively invertebrates was applied in the River Trent basin, U.K. (TBI -Woodiwiss, 1964), but other followed and are nowadays used all over Europe: the Belgian Biotic Index (BBI -De

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The use of biological methods based on macroinvertebrates to an Iberian stream (Central Portugal) receiving a paper mill effluent

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Coimbra²

2004

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Selection and validation of reference sites in small river basins

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Type-specific reference conditions that describe sites with no or only very minor anthropogenic disturbances are a basic requirement of the European Water Framework Directive. The reference condition approach implies a previous determination of criteria acceptable for the definition of near-natural stretches. In this paper, a methodology based on selection and validation procedures is applied to a Portuguese watershed to guide the identification of reference sites. The methodology consisted of three phases: (1) a preliminary site inspection through the use of maps, available data and an extensive screening field campaign that resulted in the selection of 52 potentially undisturbed small-and medium-sized rivers stretches, ranging from 43 to 1069 m in altitude, with catchment areas between 4 and 641 km 2 and representing siliceous and calcareous riverbeds; (2) a detailed site selection based on ten pre-defined criteria involving physical/social/biological attributes that indicated catchment land use changes and alien vegetal riparian species as major human impacts; (3) a site validation procedure involving detailed investigation of benthic macroinvertebrate communities, riparian vegetation, in-stream habitat quality and chemical parameters that showed riparian wood-related problems as a major restriction to validate a stretch as a near-natural site. Only about 12% of all investigated river sites, accounting for 600 m of all 5200 m studied, could be considered as near-reference stretches or sites retaining essential natural functions. Selection and validation procedures can identify different sites as reference, which reinforces the need for applying both procedures. The results presented can help to accomplish the requirements of the EU -Water Framework Directive by selecting reference sites as the first step to establish biological reference conditions and, simultaneously, to form a basis for nature conservation strategies.

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Freshwater macroinvertebrates in the Mondego river basin

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

The use of biological methods based on macroinvertebrates to an Iberian stream (Central Portugal) receiving a paper mill effluent

The use of biological methods based on macroinvertebrates to an Iberian stream (Central Portugal) receiving a paper mill effluent

Selection and validation of reference sites in small river basins

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