[HTML][HTML] The future of biotic indices in the ecogenomic era: Integrating (e) DNA metabarcoding in biological assessment of aquatic ecosystems

J Pawlowski, M Kelly-Quinn, F Altermatt… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems is currently based on various biotic indices that
use the occurrence and/or abundance of selected taxonomic groups to define ecological …

The biological assessment and rehabilitation of the world's rivers: An overview

MJ Feio, RM Hughes, M Callisto, SJ Nichols… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The biological assessment of rivers ie, their assessment through use of aquatic
assemblages, integrates the effects of multiple-stressors on these systems over time and is …

Overview and application of the AQEM assessment system

D Hering, O Moog, L Sandin, PFM Verdonschot - Hydrobiologia, 2004 - Springer
The main objective of the European Union (EU) funded project AQEM 1 was to develop a
framework of an assessment system for streams in Europe based on benthic …

A process for creating multimetric indices for large-scale aquatic surveys

JL Stoddard, AT Herlihy, DV Peck… - Journal of the North …, 2008 - journals.uchicago.edu
Differences in sampling and laboratory protocols, differences in techniques used to evaluate
metrics, and differing scales of calibration and application prohibit the use of many existing …

Cook book for the development of a Multimetric Index for biological condition of aquatic ecosystems: experiences from the European AQEM and STAR projects and …

D Hering, CK Feld, O Moog, T Ofenböck - The ecological status of …, 2006 - Springer
The requirements of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), aimed at an
integrative assessment methodology for evaluating the ecological status of water bodies are …

Multi-decadal improvements in the ecological quality of European rivers are not consistently reflected in biodiversity metrics

JS Sinclair, EAR Welti, F Altermatt… - Nature ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Humans impact terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems, yet many broad-scale studies
have found no systematic, negative biodiversity changes (for example, decreasing …

A new macroinvertebrate-based multimetric index (I2M2) to evaluate ecological quality of French wadeable streams fulfilling the WFD demands: A taxonomical and …

CP Mondy, B Villeneuve, V Archaimbault… - Ecological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Following the Water Framework Directive (WFD) requirements, we designed a new
multimetric index (I2M2) for the invertebrate-based ecological assessment of French …

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
Biotic indices are widely applied for conservation and management of aquatic resources
since they allow water resources monitoring agencies to get insight in complex biological …

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
This study describes the application of a protocol for biological assessment of water quality
at first to third order streams at Serra dos Órgãos, an area covered by Atlantic Forest in Rio …

A new method for assessing the impact of hydromorphological degradation on the macroinvertebrate fauna of five German stream types

A Lorenz, D Hering, CK Feld, P Rolauffs - Hydrobiologia, 2004 - Springer
We developed a new Multimetric Index for stream assessment, which is mainly focussed on
the impact of hydromorphological degradation on the macroinvertebrate fauna. The index …