Towards a multimetric index for the assessment of Dutch streams using benthic macroinvertebrates

HE Vlek, PFM Verdonschot, RC Nijboer - Integrated assessment of …, 2004 - Springer
macroinvertebrate based multimetric index for two stream types, fast and slow running streams,
in the Netherlands within the AQEM project. Existing macroinvertebratemultimetric index

A benthic macroinvertebrate multimetric index for Chilean Mediterranean streams

P Fierro, I Arismendi, RM Hughes, C Valdovinos… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
… a multi-metric index (MMI) based on macroinvertebrate … used an integrated disturbance index
based on catchment and … evaluated 74 candidate macroinvertebrate metrics, representing …

Development and application of benthic macroinvertebrate-based multimetric indices for the assessment of streams and rivers in the Taihu Basin, China

QI Huang, J Gao, Y Cai, H Yin, Y Gao, J Zhao, L Liu… - Ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
… was to develop and apply benthic macroinvertebrate-based multimetric indices (MMIs) for
… Metrics related to benthic macroinvertebrate richness, composition, diversity and evenness, …

Development of a benthic macroinvertebrate multimetric index (MMI) for Neotropical Savanna headwater streams

DR Macedo, RM Hughes, WR Ferreira, KR Firmiano… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Benthic macroinvertebrate sampling We sampled benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages
through use of D-frame kick nets (30 cm aperture, 500 mm mesh). Following a systematic zig-…

A multimetric index based on benthic macroinvertebrates for assessing the ecological status of streams and rivers in central and southeast highlands of Ethiopia

A Lakew, O Moog - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
… of a multimetric index using benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI) to … Of 75 potential metrics
tested to integrate the multimetric index, … The metrics retained in the multimetric index were total …

A multimetric index based on benthic macroinvertebrates for evaluation of Atlantic Forest streams at Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

DF Baptista, DF Buss, M Egler, A Giovanelli… - Hydrobiologia, 2007 - Springer
… In Brazil, the first multimetric index using benthic macroinvertebrates was developed by … ,
and indices could be applied only locally. In this paper we aim to develop a multimetric index for …

A multimetric benthic macroinvertebrate index for the assessment of stream biotic integrity in Korea

YC Jun, DH Won, SH Lee, DS Kong… - International journal of …, 2012 - mdpi.com
… to develop a multimetric index (the Korean Benthic macroinvertebrate … a multimetric index
(the Korean Benthic macroinvertebrate Index for Biological Integrity—KB-IBI) using benthic

Development of a multimetric index based on benthic macroinvertebrates for the assessment of natural wetlands in Southwest Ethiopia

ST Mereta, P Boets, L De Meester, PLM Goethals - Ecological Indicators, 2013 - Elsevier
… Despite the worldwide popularity of biotic indices, … a multimetric index based on
macroinvertebrates to assess the ecological condition of natural wetlands in Southwest Ethiopia. …

[PDF][PDF] A Benthic Macroinvertebrate Multimetric Index for Assessment of the Ecological Integrity of Northeast Streams, Thailand.

N Rattanachan, B Boonsoong, P Getwongsa… - …, 2016 - researchgate.net
… to develop a benthic macroinvertebrate multimetric index for … ANOSIM indicated that the
benthic macroinvertebrate … physico-chemical and benthic macroinvertebrates during the dry …

Evaluation of river habitat integrity based on benthic macroinvertebrate-based multi-metric model

X Shi, J Liu, X You, K Bao, B Meng, B Chen - Ecological Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
… In the present study, a benthic macroinvertebrate-based multi-metric index was developed,
in which the core metrics were selected after range, sensitivity and redundancy tests. …