Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability

Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability

Freshwater biota are more comprehensive and direct indicators of biological impacts, and more meaningful to the public than water quality or physical habitat surrogates. Freshwater biotic data and the multiple biological indicators developed from them offer a much richer array of data for assessing...

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Main Authors: Robert L. Vadas, Jr., Robert M. Hughes, Yeon Jae Bae, Min Jeong Baek, Orestes Carlos Bello Gonzáles, Marcos Callisto, Débora Reis de Carvalho, Kai Chen, Maria T. Ferreira, Pablo Fierro, Jon S. Harding, Dana M. Infante, C.J. Kleynhans, Diego R. Macedo, Isabela Martins, Norman Mercado Silva, Nabor Moya, Susan J. Nichols, Paulo S. Pompeu, Renata Ruaro, Deborah R.O. Silva, R. Jan Stevenson, Bianca de Freitas Terra, Christa Thirion, Douglas Ticiani, Lizhu Wang, Chris O. Yoder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. 2022-08-01
Series:Water Biology and Security
Subjects:
IBI
MMI
Fish
Macroinvertebrates
Algae
Streams
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772735122000737

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