Macroinvertebrate communities as bioindicators of water quality in conventional and organic irrigated rice fields in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Rizo-Patrón, V Federico; Kumar, Anjali; Colton, Michael B. McCoy; Springer, Mónika; Trama, Florencia A.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.12.013

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“…Species of the genus Caenis have been found regularly in organically enriched streams [48]. Of the statistically significant genus list (Table 5), only Heterelmis and Farrodes already had been cited before as good quality bioindicators for toxicity and pollution-sensitivity testing by Castillo et al [17] and Rizo-Patrón et al [22], respectively, in a similar type of analysis.…”

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“…These studies usually have found this index to be satisfactory for reflecting water quality [10, Agrorural Ecosystem Effects on the Macroinvertebrate Assemblages of a Tropical River 25 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.5772/59073 12,22,[60][61][62][63], especially the Costa Rican adaptation [58]. Sánchez Argüello et al [61] undertook in their Panamanian study a comparison between the Colombian and Costa Rican adaptations of the BMWP index and found the latter to be more unforgiving in its water quality evaluation.…”

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“…Sánchez Argüello et al [61] undertook in their Panamanian study a comparison between the Colombian and Costa Rican adaptations of the BMWP index and found the latter to be more unforgiving in its water quality evaluation. Rizo-Patrón et al [22] undertook an analysis using the BMWP index modified for Costa Rica, studying the environmental impact caused by conventional and organic-irrigated rice fields on the macroinvertebrate communities. Their BMWP´-CR results show that the index values were greater in the organically irrigated rice fields.…”

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“…Sin embargo, la calidad de estos ecosistemas se ve afectada por diversas presiones antropogénicas tanto en su estructura como en los servicios que proporcionan (Durance y Ormerod, 2007;Acosta et al, 2009). El creciente deterioro que estos ecosistemas están experimentando tanto en su biodiversidad como en la calidad de sus aguas, está conduciendo a su degradación tanto a escala global como de cuencas (Córdova et al, 2009;Rizo et al, 2013). Estos cambios han motivado en las últimas décadas el desarrollo de índices bióticos para valorar el efecto de las intervenciones humanas sobre dichos ecosistemas (González et al, 2013), destacando aquellos que se basan en el uso de macroinvertebrados bentónicos.…”

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Analysis of benthic macroinvertebrates biodiversity of Cunas river by means of environmental indicators, Junin-Peru

Villanueva

Zapata

2016

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ResumenEl objetivo de la investigación fue analizar el estado de la biodiversidad de macroinvertebrados bentónicos del río Cunas mediante indicadores ambientales. Se definieron tres sectores de muestreo en dos épocas contrastantes. La valoración de las presiones antrópicas se realizó mediante la determinación de la carga de DBO5 aportada por aguas residuales. Se colectaron muestras de agua para la determinación de nitratos, fosfatos y coliformes termotolerantes. Los indicadores medidos in situ fueron: oxígeno disuelto, sólidos totales disueltos, conductividad, temperatura, pH y turbidez. Las muestras de macroinvertebrados bentónicos se colectaron utilizando una red Surber con malla de 250 µm de abertura. Los resultados de la presión antrópica sobre los macroinvertebrados bentónicos fueron: media de DBO5 de aguas residuales de la actividad piscícola 7,70 mg/L, de la actividad pecuaria 869 mg/L y de la actividad urbana 428,3 mg/L. Los resultados de los indicadores físico-químicos y bacteriológicos mostraron diferencias significativas para la conductividad, temperatura y sólidos totales disueltos. Se identificaron cuatro phyla, siete clases, 12 órdenes y 26 familias de macroinvertebrados bentónicos. Se concluye que las descargas de aguas residuales de las actividades pecuaria y urbana son presiones antrópicas significativas sobre la biodiversidad de macroinvertebrados bentónicos. Los indicadores fisicoquímicos y bacteriológicos de la calidad del agua determinados, según sector y época de muestreo, están en el rango de los ECA para agua de ríos de la sierra. La riqueza, abundancia y diversidad de macroinvertebrados bentónicos, según sector y época de muestreo, presentaron diferencias significativas.Palabras clave: indicadores ambientales; macroinvertebrados; biodiversidad; calidad de agua. AbstractThe objective of the investigation was to analyze of benthic macroinvertebrates biodiversity of Cunas river by means of environmental indicators. Three sampling sectors were defined two contrasting periods. The anthropic pressures evaluation was carried out by means of DBO5 determination contributed by waste water. Water samples were collected for nitrate, phosphate and fecal coliform determination. The measured indicators in situ were: dissolved oxygen, dissolved total solids, conductivity, temperature, pH and turbidity. The benthic macroinvertebrate samples were collected using a Surber net with 250 µm wire netting opening. The anthropic pressure results on the benthic macroinvertebrates were: fish farming waste water DBO5 mean 7.70 mg/L, from livestock activity 869 mg/L and from urban activity 428.3 mg/L. The physicochemical and bacteriological indicator results showed significant differences for conductivity, temperature and dissolved total solids. Four phyla, seven classes, 12 orders and 26 benthic macroinvertebrate families were identified. It is concluded that waste water discharge from livestock and urban activities are significant anthropic pressures on benthic macroinvertebrate biodiversity. The water quality phy...

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“…As previously stated, several studies based on the presence or ecological water quality indices of macroinvertebrates have been carried out to evaluate the ecological status of watercourses [28,44,50,51]. Some of them mainly focused on oxygen concentrations in surface water and the response of organic pollution sensitive taxa.…”

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Assessing the Ecological Relevance of Organic Discharge Limits for Constructed Wetlands by Means of a Model-Based Analysis

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Villa-Cox

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Polder watercourses within agricultural areas are affected by high chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biological oxygen demand (BOD 5 ) concentrations, due to intensive farming activities and runoff. Practical cases have shown that constructed wetlands (CWs) are eco-friendly and cost-effective treatment systems which can reduce high levels of organic and nutrient pollution from agricultural discharges. However, accumulated recalcitrant organic matter, originated by in-situ sources or elements of CWs (i.e., plants or microbial detritus), limits the fulfilment of current COD discharge threshold. Thus, to evaluate its relevance regarding rivers ecosystem health preservation, we analysed the response of bio-indicators, the Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders (MMIF) and the occurrence of organic pollution sensitive taxa towards organic pollutants. For this purpose, statistical models were developed based on collected data in polder watercourses and CWs located in Flanders (Belgium). Results showed that, given the correlation between COD and BOD 5 , both parameters can be used to indicate the ecological and water quality conditions. However, the variability of the MMIF and the occurrence of sensitive species are explained better by BOD 5 , which captures a major part of their common effect. Whereas, recalcitrant COD and the interaction among other physico-chemical variables indicate a minor variability on the bio-indicators. Based on these outcomes we suggest a critical re-evaluation of current COD thresholds and moreover, consider other emerging technologies determining organic pollution levels, since this could support the feasibility of the implementation of CWs to tackle agricultural pollution.

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Macroinvertebrate communities as bioindicators of water quality in conventional and organic irrigated rice fields in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Cited by 72 publications

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Analysis of benthic macroinvertebrates biodiversity of Cunas river by means of environmental indicators, Junin-Peru

Assessing the Ecological Relevance of Organic Discharge Limits for Constructed Wetlands by Means of a Model-Based Analysis

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