Water Quality Analysis in a Subtropical River with an Adapted Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) Index
Subtropical rivers in developing countries often lack adequate monitoring, which makes it difficult to comprehensively determine their water quality when faced with different anthropic impacts. There are no proper protocols in the regulations to incorporate indicators and adapt them to different bio...
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| author | Guillermo Magallón Ortega Carlos Escalera Gallardo Eugenia López-López Jacinto Elías Sedeño-Díaz Martín López Hernández Miriam Arroyo-Damián Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada |
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| description | Subtropical rivers in developing countries often lack adequate monitoring, which makes it difficult to comprehensively determine their water quality when faced with different anthropic impacts. There are no proper protocols in the regulations to incorporate indicators and adapt them to different biogeographic regions, limiting the potential success of conservation and restoration of river ecosystems. This study proposes implementing macroinvertebrates as bioindicators of water quality in river ecosystems, and modifying the calibration of the widely used Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) index for its adaptation in a subtropical river. The Duero River, Mexico, was used as an example in this study. Data were explored with multivariate statistics, and the water quality and habitat values were averaged to obtain the families’ bioindication values and the index categories. The BMWP adequately described a deterioration gradient from the origin to the river mouth (from fair to extremely polluted), with some intermediate recovery points related to the presence of springs. Its performance was compared with other biological indices and exhibited a positive relationship with all of them. In addition, how BMWP changed over time was analyzed by examining previous samples, and highlighted increased river deterioration over time. A calibrated BMWP will allow for long-term monitoring at a low cost. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26182c7228d04d0d8a421d0109b7549a2023-11-22T23:04:47ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182021-11-01131160610.3390/d13110606Water Quality Analysis in a Subtropical River with an Adapted Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) IndexGuillermo Magallón Ortega0Carlos Escalera Gallardo1Eugenia López-López2Jacinto Elías Sedeño-Díaz3Martín López Hernández4Miriam Arroyo-Damián5Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada6Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Michoacán, Justo Sierra 28, Jiquilpan 59510, MexicoInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Michoacán, Justo Sierra 28, Jiquilpan 59510, MexicoInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Sto. Tomás, Ciudad de México 11340, MexicoInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Coordinación Politécnica para la Sustentabilidad, Av. Wilfrido Massieu esq. IPN, Col. Zacatenco, Ciudad de México 07738, MexicoUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México 04510, MexicoUniversidad de La Ciénega del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo, Avenida Universidad 3000, Col. Lomas de la Universidad, Sahuayo 59103, MexicoInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional S/N, Col. Playa de Santa Rita, La Paz 23096, MexicoSubtropical rivers in developing countries often lack adequate monitoring, which makes it difficult to comprehensively determine their water quality when faced with different anthropic impacts. There are no proper protocols in the regulations to incorporate indicators and adapt them to different biogeographic regions, limiting the potential success of conservation and restoration of river ecosystems. This study proposes implementing macroinvertebrates as bioindicators of water quality in river ecosystems, and modifying the calibration of the widely used Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) index for its adaptation in a subtropical river. The Duero River, Mexico, was used as an example in this study. Data were explored with multivariate statistics, and the water quality and habitat values were averaged to obtain the families’ bioindication values and the index categories. The BMWP adequately described a deterioration gradient from the origin to the river mouth (from fair to extremely polluted), with some intermediate recovery points related to the presence of springs. Its performance was compared with other biological indices and exhibited a positive relationship with all of them. In addition, how BMWP changed over time was analyzed by examining previous samples, and highlighted increased river deterioration over time. A calibrated BMWP will allow for long-term monitoring at a low cost.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/11/606developing countrymultivariate statisticsbioindication valueindex scoresWQIHQI |
| spellingShingle | Guillermo Magallón Ortega Carlos Escalera Gallardo Eugenia López-López Jacinto Elías Sedeño-Díaz Martín López Hernández Miriam Arroyo-Damián Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada Water Quality Analysis in a Subtropical River with an Adapted Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) Index Diversity developing country multivariate statistics bioindication value index scores WQI HQI |
| title | Water Quality Analysis in a Subtropical River with an Adapted Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) Index |
| title_full | Water Quality Analysis in a Subtropical River with an Adapted Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) Index |
| title_fullStr | Water Quality Analysis in a Subtropical River with an Adapted Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) Index |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water Quality Analysis in a Subtropical River with an Adapted Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) Index |
| title_short | Water Quality Analysis in a Subtropical River with an Adapted Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) Index |
| title_sort | water quality analysis in a subtropical river with an adapted biomonitoring working party bmwp index |
| topic | developing country multivariate statistics bioindication value index scores WQI HQI |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/11/606 |
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