… The drawback of this index is that only a component of macrobenthos is considered and the
identification of species of oligochaetes is necessary, which requires mature specimens with …

… ) which became applicable for use macro invertebrates to assess water quality in … biotic
indices on Lake Manzala, so that, the present study describes the availability of two biotic indices…

… Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) and the Benthic Quality Index (BQI ES), 2 biotic indices which rely
… BQI ES, which underlines the coherence of these 2 indices in identifying stations with a bad …

… The first diagnosis of benthic system health readily obtained by this coupled method (biotic
indices and synthetic parameters) may be used as the starting point of subsequent research …

… debate is growing about the applicability of biotic indices in coastal and transitional waters.
… biotic indices and the relationships with the structure and functioning of the macrobenthic …

… of macrobenthic trophic structure and the secondary production in the CE along with the
macrobenthic … quality using macrobenthic functional characteristics and biotic indices such as …

… define a littoral index (Bl ) … index (Df ) connected with the quality of the water-sediment
interface in deep zone (qualitative data). These two indexes were combined in a Lake Biotic Index (…

… The use of biotic indices has limitations, however, mainly in coastal and estuarine … on
ecological characteristics of soft-bottom macrobenthic communities remains scarce (Bigot et al., …

… It has been suggested that macrobenthic response may be a more sensitive and reliable …
Several characteristics make macrobenthic organisms useful and suitable indicators, such as (1…

… macrobenthic invertebrate species. This study provides data about macrobenthic invertebrates
as indicators … River by calculating (1) some biotic indices as Trent Biotic Index (TBI), total …