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 …

[HTML][HTML] Assemblage-based biomonitoring of freshwater ecosystem health via multimetric indices: A critical review and suggestions for improving their applicability

RL Vadas Jr, RM Hughes, YJ Bae, MJ Baek… - Water Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Freshwater biota are more comprehensive and direct indicators of biological impacts, and
more meaningful to the public than water quality or physical habitat surrogates. Freshwater …

Stream biomonitoring using macroinvertebrates around the globe: a comparison of large-scale programs

DF Buss, DM Carlisle, TS Chon, J Culp… - Environmental …, 2015 - Springer
Water quality agencies and scientists are increasingly adopting standardized sampling
methodologies because of the challenges associated with interpreting data derived from …

Global trends and challenges in multimetric indices of biological condition

R Ruaro, EA Gubiani, RM Hughes, RP Mormul - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of multimetric indices (MMIs) of biological condition has been globally applied
because they are practical tools that incorporate various biological metrics at different levels …

Land cover disturbance homogenizes aquatic insect functional structure in neotropical savanna streams

DMP de Castro, S Dolédec, M Callisto - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
By modifying local habitat conditions, the alteration of land cover can result in severe faunal
impairment, subsequently affecting ecosystem functioning. We analyzed changes in the …

[HTML][HTML] Physical habitat in conterminous US streams and Rivers, part 2: A quantitative assessment of habitat condition

PR Kaufmann, RM Hughes, SG Paulsen, DV Peck… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rigorous assessments of the ecological condition of water resources and the effect of
human activities on those waters require quantitative physical, chemical, and biological …

Influence of watershed land use and riparian characteristics on biological indicators of stream water quality in southeastern Brazil

MO Tanaka, ALT de Souza, LE Moschini… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
Land use changes and riparian corridor degradation strongly influence the water quality of
low-order streams at different spatial scales. Stream water quality can be analyzed by …

A scientometric assessment of 30 years of the Index of Biotic Integrity in aquatic ecosystems: applications and main flaws

R Ruaro, ÉA Gubiani - Ecological Indicators, 2013 - Elsevier
In 1981, James R. Karr's paper 'Assessment of biotic integrity using fish communities'
provided the first description of a multimetric procedure to assess the biotic integrity of …

Extreme drought pushes stream invertebrate communities over functional thresholds

TWH Aspin, K Khamis, TJ Matthews… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Functional traits are increasingly being used to predict extinction risks and range shifts
under long‐term climate change scenarios, but have rarely been used to study vulnerability …

[HTML][HTML] Functional responses of Odonata larvae to human disturbances in neotropical savanna headwater streams

LFR Silva, DMP Castro, L Juen, M Callisto… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Headwater streams are facing increasing disturbances from human pressures worldwide,
thus better knowledge about bioindicators, particularly aquatic insect responses to various …