Streams and rivers are the most threatened and exploited freshwater ecosystems worldwide.
Land-use changes, particularly the conversion of forests to agricultural, residential, and …

The approach for monitoring forest health such as canopy layer, air quality, soil texture has
evolved in tandem with the advancement of new technology such as lab analysis, remote …

Despite their socio-economic and ecological importance, rivers are among the most
threatened ecosystems. As a result, reliable and affordable monitoring system is …

Landscape indicators–measures of land use and land cover–are widely used as proxies for
monitoring urban stream conditions, particularly for benthic invertebrates which are often …

Riparian vegetation and built-up density along the urbanised section of the Calabar river
were estimated using NDVI (Normalised Differential Vegetation Index) and NDBI …

Human activities have impacted negatively the benthic macroinvertebrate assemblage of
River Kipsinende in Kenya consequently affecting the biodiversity of the area. The study …

End-point evaluation of stream health is essential for the quantification of water quality. To
this end, many Multi-Metric Indices (MMIs) have been developed to quantify water quality …

Aquatic community biodiversity is gradually impacted by the expansion and intensification of
agricultural and urbanization land use. However, data on macrobenthos responses to land …

Urbanization of catchment regions is a major cause of freshwater ecosystem degradation
worldwide. As catchments become more developed and river ecosystems become …

Predictive models for the benthic macroinvertebrate community based on environmental
variables facilitate the identification of the organisms expected to inhabit an area according …