Potential application of macroinvertebrates indices in bioassessment of Mexican streams

Balderas, Eva Carmina Serrano; Grac, Corinne; Berti‐Équille, Laure; Cedillo-Hernandez, Manuel

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.007

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“…For the diversity metrics, the Shannon Index [114] was chosen since it is considered to be a robust tool that takes into account both evenness and species richness. The higher the values of the Shannon Index, the greater the diversity and the healthier the ecosystem [114,115]. In our case, the Shannon Index showed healthy sites at the PR headwaters (sampling sites 1-3), while also singling out the most degraded sites (Supplementary Material A/ Figure S2).…”

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“…Previous studies have linked macroinvertebrate-feeding ecology with environmental conditions, suggesting that the FFG's metrics detect stressors from multiple spatial scales [36,[116][117][118]. In addition, it has been observed that anthropogenic activities alter the availability of food sources, producing important variations in the distribution and relative abundance of FFG [36,57,115]. The FFG metrics selected for the PR were collector-gatherers (percentage), predators (richness and percentage), and herbivores (richness and percentage).…”

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The Influence of Riparian Corridor Land Use on the Pesquería River’s Macroinvertebrate Community (N.E. Mexico)

Castro‐López

Rodríguez‐Lozano

Arias-Real

et al. 2019

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The Earth's freshwater ecosystems are currently under threat, particularly in developing countries. In Mexico, intensive land use and inadequate monitoring policies have resulted in the severe degradation of the country's freshwater ecosystems. This study assesses how the macroinvertebrate communities in the Pesquería River, located in Northeastern Mexico, are affected by riparian land use, in order to determine their potential use as bioindicators to evaluate the macroinvertebrate integrity of the Pesquería River. First, we characterized the land use cover in the riparian channel. Second, we sampled 16 sites for benthic macroinvertebrates along the main channel during the wet and dry seasons. Third, we evaluated the influence of the riparian channel land use on the macroinvertebrate community using 42 different biological metrics. The land use characterization depicted a riparian channel mainly influenced by agricultural and urban land use. Eighty-one invertebrate taxa were identified during the study. Permutational analysis of the variance analysis confirmed significant differences across the different land use classes and the macroinvertebrate community composition while no differences were found between seasons. The indicator species analysis revealed 31 representative taxa for natural land use, 1 for urban, and 4 for agricultural land use. Our modelling analysis showed that 28 of the 42 biological metrics tested responded significantly to land use disturbances, confirming the impact of land use changes on the Pesquería River's macroinvertebrate communities and suggesting that these metrics may have a use as bioindicators. Finally, this study may provide significant biological information for further studies in similar conditions.

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The Influence of Riparian Corridor Land Use on the Pesquería River’s Macroinvertebrate Community (N.E. Mexico)

Castro‐López

Rodríguez‐Lozano

Arias-Real

et al. 2019

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“…Considering all the reported impacts, it can be pointed out that biodiversity is threatened by anthropic activities that cause a deterioration in ecosystems and/or the extinction of local biota, making biodiversity one of the factors used as an impact assessment tool (Serrano Balderas et al, 2016). Biological communities can be applied as biological indicators as they reflect multiple anthropogenic pressures in aquatic ecosystems, and benthic macroinvertebrates are the most commonly used group (Baptista et al, 2013;Callisto et al, 2021).…”

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Impacts of sedimentation and dam failure on the macroinvertebrate community in a tropical stream

Pinto¹,

Smith²

2023

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Changes in land use due to human activities lead to disturbances related to sedimentation in aquatic ecosystems. Furthermore, the construction of dams in streams raises concerns about their safety, and the rupture of these structures implies significant impacts. Thus, this article assessed the effects of sedimentation and dam failure on the aquatic macroinvertebrate community in a tropical stream and verified its influence on the structural and functional composition of this assemblage of organisms. Water physical-chemical parameters and macroinvertebrate fauna data were obtained from monitoring data for both the pre- and post-rupture period. Macroinvertebrates were identified at the family level and classified according to functional feeding groups. Structural and functional biological indexes were applied, and data were analyzed using comparison tests, correla¬tion matrix, correspondence, and cluster analysis. The results showed that sedimentation resulted in the impoverishment of macroinvertebrate fauna, with the loss of important functional feeding groups, indicating a low environmental quality. Dam failure changed the composition of the fauna, leading to the disappearance of important orders, the appearance of organisms belonging to the order Coleoptera, and the loss of feeding groups with consequent loss of ecological functions. The dam failure was not the only stressor for the studied stream, because it already suffered from small and medium scale disturbances related to sedimentation. However, the rupture of the structure resulted in greater environmental losses, and is considered large scale, implying the need to implement recovery measures in the area.

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“…We expect to show that the MMI can effectively represent the difference between the different lake ecosystems by human disturbance, as well as verify whether the assessment of lake ecosystem health through MMI is different from traditional physical and chemical index assessment methods. At the same time, we analyzed various environmental factors affecting the ecology according to the land use types and vegetation growth around the lake, which is considered vital for the protection and management of the lake ecosystem and can provide theoretical support for its protection and restoration as well [29].…”

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An Assessment of Lake Ecology on the Basis of the Macrobenthos Multi-Metric Index (MMI) in 11 Lakes in the Western Region of Jilin, China

Ding

Sun

Jiang

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The western region of Jilin Province is located at the northeastern part of China. A large number of lakes are distributed in this region, where is one of five large lake regions within China, supporting both drinking water and agricultural water. The frequent human activities and scarce rainfall in this region have resulted in weaker lake connectivity and enrichment of the pollutants within the lakes. The lake ecosystems in the region have been degraded to varying degrees, and thus it is necessary to assess its ecological health. Macrobenthos multi-metric index (MMI) is a mature ecological health assessment method that has been widely used in the lake ecosystem assessment all over the world. However, it has not been well developed for assessing the lake water ecosystem in China. In this study, 11 lakes affected by human activities to different degrees were selected as the research objects. They were categorized into three types on the basis of trophic level. Through the comparison and screening of different biological indicators among different lake types, we selected appropriate indicators to construct the MMI. Four core indicators were selected from 58 candidate indicators to construct the MMI: the total number of taxa, Simpson index, percentage of Diptera + Mesogastropod, and percentage of pollution-intolerant species. MMI could distinguish lakes that are seriously and slightly disturbed by humans. The results of regression analysis also showed that the degree of lake eutrophication caused by human activities had a significant correlation with MMI, effectively explaining its changes. MMI can characterize the disturbance and influence of eutrophication on macrobenthos. The results of MMI can also be affected by the land use type and the coverage of aquatic vegetation around the lake, which are important factors affecting the ecological health of the lake. Research on the application of MMI method to assessment of the ecological health of lakes is very rare in Northeast China. This research can provide supplementary information beyond the traditional water environment assessment for the formulation of management strategies.

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Potential application of macroinvertebrates indices in bioassessment of Mexican streams

Cited by 29 publications

References 34 publications

The Influence of Riparian Corridor Land Use on the Pesquería River’s Macroinvertebrate Community (N.E. Mexico)

The Influence of Riparian Corridor Land Use on the Pesquería River’s Macroinvertebrate Community (N.E. Mexico)

Impacts of sedimentation and dam failure on the macroinvertebrate community in a tropical stream

An Assessment of Lake Ecology on the Basis of the Macrobenthos Multi-Metric Index (MMI) in 11 Lakes in the Western Region of Jilin, China

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