Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN Impreso: 0034-7744 ISSN electrónico: 2215-2075

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

benthic macroinvertebrates
biological monitoring
Nicaragua
biotic indexes

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Fenoglio, S., Badino, G., & Bona, F. (2002). Benthic macroinvertebrate communities as indicators of river environment quality: an experience in Nicaragua. Revista De Biología Tropical, 50(3-4), 1125–1131. Retrieved from https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/16720

Abstract

Biotic indexes are one of several 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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