This study measured the water quality around four different point sources of pollution along the Río Guacimal in Monteverde, Costa Rica. To get a complete view of the water quality both biotic and abiotic factors were measured: by collecting macroinvertebrates and testing for seven different biochemical properties. The macroinvertebrate community makeup of the Río Guacimal was dominated by flatworms and commonly included segmented worms, which are absent in pristine streams of the Monteverde area (Moore 2004). A Family biotic index (FBI) (Resh et al. 1996) was used to determine the health of the water according to the macroinvertebrate composition. The FBI indicated that water quality varied from site to site, but was typically good at ...
The use of living organisms to assess water quality is a century old approach (Cairns and Pratt 1993...
Introduction: The distribution of aquatic macroinvertebrates in rivers may be determined by the type...
Monitoring water quality is imperative to safeguarding the health and quality of streams because the...
This study measured the water quality around four different point sources of pollution along the Río...
Human alteration of natural landscapes often has significant impacts on nearby aquatic ecosystems, a...
Human altered landscapes often have significant impacts on water quality in their respective watersh...
Degraded watersheds are considered a source of pollution input in rivers. The effects of human-cause...
We sampled 13 sites in close proximity to the Monteverde cheese factory along Quebrada Cuecha in Mon...
Water quality information is essential supporting decision making in water management processes. Th...
Water quality is an issue of increasing importance as the growing population depletes and contaminat...
Benthic macroinvertebrates have been extensively used as bioindicators for water quality due to thei...
The region of Monteverde, Costa Rica is rapidly growing and the water quality is undoubtedly being a...
The Portoviejo River, located in the central western part of Ecuador, has been heavily impacted by d...
Macro-invertebrate communities and environmental variables were assessed seasonally for two ye...
In recent years, pollution of watercourses in nearby protected ecosystems has increased due to urban...
The use of living organisms to assess water quality is a century old approach (Cairns and Pratt 1993...
Introduction: The distribution of aquatic macroinvertebrates in rivers may be determined by the type...
Monitoring water quality is imperative to safeguarding the health and quality of streams because the...
This study measured the water quality around four different point sources of pollution along the Río...
Human alteration of natural landscapes often has significant impacts on nearby aquatic ecosystems, a...
Human altered landscapes often have significant impacts on water quality in their respective watersh...
Degraded watersheds are considered a source of pollution input in rivers. The effects of human-cause...
We sampled 13 sites in close proximity to the Monteverde cheese factory along Quebrada Cuecha in Mon...
Water quality information is essential supporting decision making in water management processes. Th...
Water quality is an issue of increasing importance as the growing population depletes and contaminat...
Benthic macroinvertebrates have been extensively used as bioindicators for water quality due to thei...
The region of Monteverde, Costa Rica is rapidly growing and the water quality is undoubtedly being a...
The Portoviejo River, located in the central western part of Ecuador, has been heavily impacted by d...
Macro-invertebrate communities and environmental variables were assessed seasonally for two ye...
In recent years, pollution of watercourses in nearby protected ecosystems has increased due to urban...
The use of living organisms to assess water quality is a century old approach (Cairns and Pratt 1993...
Introduction: The distribution of aquatic macroinvertebrates in rivers may be determined by the type...
Monitoring water quality is imperative to safeguarding the health and quality of streams because the...