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Development and evaluation of a fish-based index to assess biological integrity of Mediterranean streams

A multimetric Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) based on fish data was developed to assess the ecological status of Iberian streams, in the context of the European Water Framework Directive. Fish assemblages were determined by electrofishing at 114 sites from 10 basins of the Júcar River Basin District. The sampled streams were typical Mediterranean streams with strong variation in flow, a species-poor and tolerant fish fauna, and low ecological specialization of the fish species. These features make it difficult to employ metrics based on species richness, trophic specialization, and reproductive strategy, which are typical of IBIs and similar indices. The proposed IBI (IBI-Jucar) is composed of five metrics related to fish health, age-structure, and abundance and richness of native and alien species. IBI-Jucar was validated by demonstrating high correlation with various measures of environmental degradation and with several biotic and habitat indices. It was also highly correlated with the European Fish Index (EFI+), despite different methods used for development and contrasting metrics obtained. The results underline the complementarity of different biotic indices and show that indices based on fish can be a valuable tool for determining environmental quality, even in species-poor Mediterranean streams

Additional funding was provided by the Spanish Ministry of Science (CGL2009‐12877‐C02‐01 and Consolider‐Ingenio 2010 CSD2009‐00065)

Wiley

Director: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Espanya)
Autor: Aparicio, Enric
Carmona Catot, Gerard
Moyle, Peter B.
García-Berthou, Emili
Data: 2011
Resum: A multimetric Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) based on fish data was developed to assess the ecological status of Iberian streams, in the context of the European Water Framework Directive. Fish assemblages were determined by electrofishing at 114 sites from 10 basins of the Júcar River Basin District. The sampled streams were typical Mediterranean streams with strong variation in flow, a species-poor and tolerant fish fauna, and low ecological specialization of the fish species. These features make it difficult to employ metrics based on species richness, trophic specialization, and reproductive strategy, which are typical of IBIs and similar indices. The proposed IBI (IBI-Jucar) is composed of five metrics related to fish health, age-structure, and abundance and richness of native and alien species. IBI-Jucar was validated by demonstrating high correlation with various measures of environmental degradation and with several biotic and habitat indices. It was also highly correlated with the European Fish Index (EFI+), despite different methods used for development and contrasting metrics obtained. The results underline the complementarity of different biotic indices and show that indices based on fish can be a valuable tool for determining environmental quality, even in species-poor Mediterranean streams
Additional funding was provided by the Spanish Ministry of Science (CGL2009‐12877‐C02‐01 and Consolider‐Ingenio 2010 CSD2009‐00065)
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Accés al document: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/12398
Llenguatge: eng
Editor: Wiley
Col·lecció: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/aqc.1197
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1052-7613
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1099-0755
MICINN/PN 2010-2012/CGL2009-12877-C02-01
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//CSD2009-00065/ES/Evaluación y predicción de los efectos del cambio global en la cantidad y la calidad del agua en ríos ibéricos/
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Matèria: Ecologia d’aigua dolça
Freshwater ecology
Peixos d’aigua dolça -- Ecologia
Freshwater fishes -- Ecology
Xúquer (País Valencià : Curs d’aigua)
Xúquer (Valencia : River)
Títol: Development and evaluation of a fish-based index to assess biological integrity of Mediterranean streams
Tipus: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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