Water quality agencies and scientists are increasingly adopting standardized sampling
methodologies because of the challenges associated with interpreting data derived from …

The aim of this study is to generate a first global overview of pressures and methods used to
assess the environmental quality of rivers and streams using macroinvertebrates. In total …

The rivers and streams of the Pampean plain are subjected to the impact of agriculture,
cattle-raising and industrial activities. The largest urban center of Argentina is located here …

Rosetta and Damietta are the main branches of the Nile River in Egypt. They provide the
required freshwater for different usage for about 20 million people. In the present study …

Macroinvertebrate communities from the lower Nysa Kłodzka River catchment, southern
Poland, were analyzed seasonally, in order to assess changes in their composition and …

ABSTRACT The Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) score system was introduced
in 1980 to provide an index of river water quality for England and Wales based on aquatic …

This study was carried out between March 2011 and February 2012 on Değirmendere
Stream in order to determine the water quality of the stream, and to investigate the …

Biotic indices are widely used in monitoring the health status of various ecosystems. The
choice of the best index is generally done qualitatively depending on a variety of aspects …

Urbanization and industrialization produce substantial changes in biodiversity and in the
functionality of ecosystems. However, little is known about how anthropic pressures might …

This work aimed to assess the effect of certain physical-chemical variables and the Habitat
Integrity Index (HII) have on an aquatic and semi-aquatic heteropteran community. We …