Assessing the taxonomic sufficiency of macroinvertebrate communities and their potential to distinguish the impacts of land use on lowland streams in Uruguay
Abstract: Aim Macroinvertebrates are extensively employed as bioindicators for evaluating how stream ecosystems respond to alterations in physical and chemical habitats caused by human activity. Although family-taxonomic level is usually used to identify macroinvertebrates in biomonitoring programs...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Limnologia
2024-02-01
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Series: | Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2024000100705&tlng=en |