Where does land use matter most? Contrasting land use effects on river quality at different spatial scales

GN Mwaijengo, A Msigwa, KN Njau… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the influence of land-use activities on river quality has been a key focus of
river monitoring programs worldwide. However, defining which land-use spatial scale is …

Land use effects on water quality, habitat, and macroinvertebrate and diatom communities in African highland streams

T Dalu, T Mwedzi, RJ Wasserman… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities have increasingly subjected freshwater ecosystems globally to
various pressures. Increasing land use activities have been highly linked to deteriorating …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of functional feeding groups (FFG) structure of aquatic insects in North-western Rif-Morocco

S El Yaagoubi, M El Alami, R Harrak… - Biodiversity Data …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The involvement of trait-based approaches is crucial for understanding spatial patterns,
energy flow and matter transfer in running water systems, which requires consistent …

Assessment of river quality in a subtropical Austral river system: a combined approach using benthic diatoms and macroinvertebrates

T Nhiwatiwa, T Dalu, T Sithole - Applied Water Science, 2017 - Springer
River systems constitute areas of high human population densities owing to their favourable
conditions for agriculture, water supply and transportation network. Despite human …

Aquatic insect communities in headwater streams of Ciliwung River watershed, West Java, Indonesia

W Wakhid, A Rauf, M Krisanti, IM Sumertajaya… - Biodiversitas Journal of …, 2021 - smujo.id
Wakhid, Rauf A, Krisanti M, Sumertajaya IM, Maryana N. 2021. Aquatic insect communities
in headwater streams of Ciliwung River watershed, West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22 …

Seasonal variation in benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages and water quality in an Afrotropical river catchment, northeastern Tanzania

GN Mwaijengo, B Vanschoenwinkel, T Dube, KN Njau… - Limnologica, 2020 - Elsevier
Population growth and economic development have resulted in increased water demands,
threatening freshwater resources. In riverine ecosystems, continuous monitoring of the river …

Functional groups of Afrotropical EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera) as bioindicators of semi-urban pollution in the Tsitsa River Catchment, Eastern …

FC Akamagwuna, AO Edegbene, P Ntloko, FO Arimoro… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
We examined the distribution patterns of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera
functional feeding groups (EPT FFGs) in five streams that drain semi-urban landscapes in …

Low diversity of fishes in high elevation Afrotromontane streams renders them unsuitable for biomonitoring

PO Raburu, FO Masese, BN Mwasi - African Journal of Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the rivers in the Afrotropics emerge from forested uplands that are prime for human
activities, including crop farming, grazing and settlement. However, streams draining these …

Responses of macroinvertebrate community metrics to urban pollution in semi-arid catchments around the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

T Mwedzi, N Siziba, ON Odume, E Nyamazana… - Water SA, 2020 - ajol.info
River health monitoring is becoming increasingly important because of the anthropogenic
activities that continue to impact on water quality and biodiversity of aquatic systems. This …