Benthic macroinvertebrate communities as indicators of river environment quality: an experience in Nicaragua

dc.creatorFenoglio,Stefano
dc.creatorBadino,Guido
dc.creatorBona,Francesca
dc.date2002-12-01
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dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442002000300029
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8813552
dc.descriptionBiotic indexes are one of severas types of measures that are routinely used in biological monitoring in temperate streams and offer interesting possibilities to assess the environmental quality of rivers in the neotropics. Macroinvertebrate communities of seven southeastern Nicaraguan streams were monitored and seven ecological indexes were applied. The results suggest that information from the Indice Biótico Esteso (I.B.E.) is closely correlated to the results of other methods, but the I.B.E. index is easier to apply as well as avoiding high costs and time-consuming procedures. A calibration of the method is necessary for rapid assessment approaches in the neotropics.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidad de Costa Rica
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical v.50 n.3-4 2002
dc.subjectBenthic macroinvertebrates
dc.subjectbiological monitoring
dc.subjectNicaragua
dc.subjectbiotic indexes
dc.titleBenthic macroinvertebrate communities as indicators of river environment quality: an experience in Nicaragua
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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