scholarly journals Distribution of Aquatic Diptera larvae of Yeşilırmak River (Turkey) and ecological characteristics

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-407
Author(s):  
Ozge Basoren ◽  
Nilgün Kazancı
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Running Waters ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Class Iii ◽  
Ecological Characteristics ◽  
Physicochemical Variables ◽  
Wiener Diversity Index

Yeşilırmak River is one of the most important running waters of Turkey, but the water quality of this river has been affected by agricultural and domestic pollution. Dams and hydroelectric power plants also threaten the habitat quality and biodiversity of the river. This research contains investigation of Diptera fauna in Yeşilırmak River and tributaries, determination ecological characteristics of the collecting sites according to System A and System B Classification of Water Framework Directive (WFD), assessment of water quality of the studied sites by measuring the physicochemical variables (water temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, NO2-N, NO3-N, NH4-N, PO4-P) and using some metrics (abundance, number of taxa, Simpson Diversity Index, Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index, Margalef Diversity Index, Evenness). Thirty-three (33) sites were sampled from Yeşilırmak River and its tributaries in June 2010. Diptera individuals were detected in 20 of them. Two thousand four hundred forty-five (2445) individuals belonging to 12 families and 16 taxa were identified in 20 sampling sites. The water quality classes of the studied sites were Class III (moderate pollution) and Class IV (heavily pollution) according to values of physicochemical variables.

scholarly journals Water Quality and Trophic Status of Koto Panjang Reservoir, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Dina Muthmainnah ◽  
Aroef Hukmanan Rais
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Trophic Status ◽  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Tolerance Range ◽  
Reservoir Water ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Plants ◽  
Net Cages

Koto Panjang Reservoir is one of the hydroelectric power plants in Indonesia, located in Kampar Regency, Riau Province. This paper aims to determine the water quality and tropic status of the Koto Panjang Reservoir. The research was carried out along the Koto Panjang Reservoir, covering the floating net cages area, inlet, outlet, and the center of the reservoir. Water samples were collected twice a year, February and September 2017. The results showed that the water quality of Koto Panjang reservoir is still within the tolerance range for the aquatic organisms' life, including fish. Based on the TSI analysis, the Koto Panjang Reservoir throphic status was categorized as eutrophic to heavy eutrophic. This study recommends that relocating floating net cages is necessary so that the nutrient load will not only be concentrated in one location. The efficiency of using the feed for floating net cages could minimize the waste.

Investigation of Phytoplankton and Evaluation on Water Quality of Taizi River in Liaoyang Area

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 403-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Wei Wang ◽  
Qing Chao Xing ◽  
Chun Long Zhao ◽  
Hai Tao Zhao ◽  
Liang Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Species Diversity Index ◽  
Wiener Diversity Index ◽  
Evenness Index ◽  
Taizi River ◽  
Better Than

To evaluate water quality, an investigation of phytoplankton community was conducted in Taizi River of Liaoyang Area, June 2011. The results showed that 130 species of phytoplankton belong to 6 phyla and 63 genera existed. Chlorphyta has the richest species of algae, which accounted for 43.85% of the total number, followed by Bacillariophyta (32.41%). Water quality in upstream is better than downstream. Species and biomass of Cyanophyta and Euglenophyta which have tolerance of pollution increasing According to the integrative analysis result of Shannon-Wiener diversity index, Pielou Evenness index and Margalef Species diversity index, Taizi river is judged belong to low-polluted or oligo- polluted，but some sites belong to β -moderate polluted, effective managements should be taken in order to control the water pollution.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF RIVER WATER QUALITY USING MACRO-INVERTEBRATES AS INDICATORS: A CASE STUDY OF BHALU KHOLA TRIBUTARY, BUDHIGANDAKI RIVER, GORKHA, NEPAL

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Anju Rana ◽  
Jeevan Chhetri
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
River Water ◽  
Water Quality Index ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Wiener Diversity Index ◽  
Economic Tools

 Macroinvertebrates are widely considered as indicators of water quality. The present research work was conducted in Bhalu khola, a tributary of Budhigandaki River, Nepal, to identify water quality using macro invertebrates with Nepalese Biotic Score (NEPBIOS), and examine its applicability by comparing with Water Quality Index (WQI).The diversity of macro invertebrates in the studied river was high as depicted by Shannon Wiener Diversity Index. Altogether, 103 macro invertebrates were identified from 11 families and five orders. There were no dominant species, and most of the species were in clumped distribution. According to NEPBIOS index, river water was found to comply with the characteristics of WQ class I-II that means water quality of the river was good. Other indices such as Hilsenhoff and Lincoln quality index (LQI) index also supported this result. Similarly, water quality index (WQI) also showed similarity with NEPBIOS index, indicating water appropriate for drinking purpose. Thus, it is concluded that the macro invertebrates can be used as economic tools for determining water quality of streams and rivers as efficient water quality indicators.International Journal of Environment Volume-4, Issue-3, June-August 2015Page: 55-68

scholarly journals Development and use of the Wetland Fish Index to assess the quality of coastal wetlands in the Laurentian Great Lakes

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
T S Seilheimer ◽  
P Chow-Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Laurentian Great Lakes ◽  
Green Bay ◽  
Temperature Conductivity ◽  
Wiener Diversity Index ◽  
Fish Index

We use fish and environmental data from 40 wetlands of the Laurentian Great Lakes to develop the Wetland Fish Index (WFI), a tool that can be used to assess the quality of coastal marshes. A partial canonical correspondence analysis was used to ordinate fish species along multidimensional environmental axes that accounted for anthropogenic disturbance based on temperature, conductivity, and the presence of pollutants (e.g., suspended solids and primary nutrients). Compared with other measures of fish habitat quality (e.g., Shannon–Wiener diversity index and species richness), the WFI was the only index that was significantly related to the degree of water quality degradation and wetlands condition, as indicated by an independent index of wetland quality, the Water Quality Index (WQI). WQI ranks sites according to deterioration in water quality and is statistically related to the degree of land-use alteration in wetland watersheds. We demonstrate the usefulness of the WFI for detecting intrawetland variation between two sites in a degraded urban wetland, Frenchman's Bay, Lake Ontario, and to distinguish the heavily impacted wetlands in lower Green Bay from the less-impacted marshes in middle and upper Green Bay, Lake Michigan. This was accomplished by using only published fish data without corresponding environmental variables.

scholarly journals Evaluation of water quality of Çoruh River Basin (Turkey) using some biotic indices

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-409
Author(s):  
Hazel Baytaşoğlu ◽  
Ahmet Mutlu Gözler
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Benthic Macroinvertebrates ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Wiener Diversity Index ◽  
Index Value ◽  
Coruh Basin

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the water quality of the Çoruh Basin using BMWP (Biological Monitoring Working Party) index, ASPT (Average Score Per Taxon) index, Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index, EPT (Ephemeroptera Plecoptera Trichoptera taxa), EP (Ephemeroptera Plecoptera taxa) index scores and benthic macroinvertebrates. The benthic macroinvertebrates were collected from 54 stations at the Çoruh basin between 2014-2016 years. Standard hand net (D-frame net) and Ekman-Birge grab were used as sampling tools. As a result of the diagnoses, a total of 7246 individuals belonging to Insecta, Crustacea, Mollusca, Oligochaeta and Plathyhelminthes were obtained. It was determined that the most dominant group was Insecta and the rarest group was Plathyhelminthes. It was observed that the BMWP score ranged between 5 and 94, and the lowest and highest number of families detected in the stations were 1 and 18, respectively. It was determined that the Shannon Wiener diversity index value was between 0.54-2.20, therefore the basin streams generally showed moderate pollution. The results of BMWP index show that the basin streams had mostly show 3rd and 4th class water quality and also biodiversity decreases with the deterioration of the riverbed or exposure to pollution.

scholarly journals Assessment of Water Quality and Phytoplankton Structure of Eight Alexandria Beaches, Southeastern Mediterranean Sea, Egypt

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1328
Author(s):  
Ahmed E. Alprol ◽  
Mohamed Ashour ◽  
Abdallah Tageldein Mansour ◽  
Othman M. Alzahrani ◽  
Samy F. Mahmoud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Algal Bloom ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Inorganic Nitrogen ◽  
Green Algal ◽  
Wiener Diversity Index ◽  
Phytoplankton Structure

This study aims to investigate the abundance, community, and structure of phytoplankton, physicochemical parameters, and some eutrophication state indices, to estimate the water quality of eight selected beaches along the Alexandria Coast, in the southeast of the Mediterranean Sea. The samples were collected monthly from 2019 to 2020. Nutrient values ranged from 1.54 to 33.21 µM for nitrate, 0.01 to 1.98 µM for nitrite, 0.12 to 9.45 µM for ammonia, 0.01 to 1.54 µM for phosphate, and 0.67 to 29.53 µM for silicate. Phytoplankton biomass was characterized by chlorophyll-a concentration, which fluctuated between 0.12 and 12.31 µg L−1. The annual phytoplankton average was 63.85 ± 17.83 × 103 cells L−1. Phytoplankton was highly diversified (228 taxa), and the most diversified group was diatoms (136 taxa), followed by a remarkably low number of Dinophyta (36 taxa). Diatoms reached maximum abundance in December. Meanwhile, a dense bloom of microalga Chlorella marina occurred in June on some beaches. High temperature, high dissolved inorganic nitrogen, and less-saline waters have supported green algal proliferation. The Shannon–Wiener diversity index (H’) showed that there was a qualitative seasonal difference in the composition of the phytoplankton community. Waters of beaches 1–3 were classified as between clean and moderately polluted; and beaches 4–8 varied between moderately and heavily polluted. The study revealed that human activities might have triggered the algal bloom and may be responsible for alterations in the Alexandria coast ecosystem.

Water quality impacts of small hydroelectric power plants in a tributary to the Pantanal floodplain, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rúbia Fantin Cruz ◽  
Stephen K. Hamilton ◽  
Hans M. Tritico ◽  
Ibraim Fantin‐Cruz ◽  
Daniela Maimoni Figueiredo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Plants

scholarly journals Analysis of Gastropod Diversity as a Bioindicator of Waters in Situ Ciburuy Padalarang, West Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Erwin Theofilius ◽  
Zahidah Hasan ◽  
Asep Agus Handaka ◽  
Herman Hamndani
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Gastropod Species ◽  
Evenness Index

This study conducted to determine the water quality of Situ Ciburuy based on the structure of the gastropod community as a bioindicator. The survey method used in this study based on collecting data directly at the research area (purpose sampling method).  For instance, species and density of gastropods were descriptively analyzed, using diversity index and evenes index. For instance, The findings showed that level of water quality in  Situ Ciburuy based on gastropods bioindicators was lightly polluted. That is indicated by the low to moderate diversity of gastropods, which ranges from 1.31-1.98. The Shannon evenness index (0,73-0.95) revealed low gastropod species diversity in Situ Ciburuy, indicating low evenness of gastropod in Situ Ciburuy.

scholarly journals Phytoplankton Community Investigation and Water Quality Assessment of M River in winter in Shijiazhuang City

2021 ◽  
Vol 267 ◽  
pp. 01035
Author(s):  
Ziqi Zhang ◽  
Lei Yang ◽  
Dongxu Han ◽  
Hongyan Shen
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Water Body ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Water Quality Assessment ◽  
Species Diversity Index ◽  
Wiener Diversity Index ◽  
Eutrophic Water ◽  
Evenness Index

An investigation of phytoplankton community and water quality for M River was conducted in December 2019.The results showed that 38 species of phytoplankton belonging to 6 phyla and 26 genera were collected. Among them, Bacillariophyta is the richest species, which accounted for 34.21%, followed by Cyanophyta with 26.32% and Chlorophyta with 28.95%. The density of phytoplankton was 63.0*106 inds/L which indicated as eutrophic water body. The highest density was Bacillariophyta, accounting for 51.03%. The Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H’) varied from 1.34 to 2.24, the Margalef Species diversity index (d) varied from 2.71 to 3.85, and the Pielou evenness index (J) varied from 0.38 to 0.67. According to the integrative analysis results of H’, d and J, M River water quality belongs to oligo-polluted, but individual sites belong to meso-polluted.

scholarly journals Aquatic Macro-invertebrates as Bio-indicators: An Approach for Wetland Water Quality Assessment of Rampur Ghol, Chitwan, Nepal

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
Birendra Gautam ◽  
Rejina Maskey ◽  
Ramesh Prasad Sapkota ◽  
Dharma Raj Dangol
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Rainy Season ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Water Quality Assessment ◽  
Class Ii ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Class Iii ◽  
Quality Class ◽  
Evenness Index ◽  
Index Value

The present research was conducted to study seasonal limnological parameters and record composition pattern of aquatic macro-invertebrates of the Rampur Ghol. GRS-BIOS/ASPT index was used to calculate the water quality class, Shannon Weiner diversity index (H’) and Piélou evenness index (e) were used to determine taxa richness of the macroinvertebrates. Altogether 281 individuals of 14 families and 313 individuals of 18 families were recorded in dry season and rainy season, respectively. Similarly, diversity index and evenness index values were recorded 0.98 and 0.85 in dry season; 1.075 and 0.86 in rainy season. On the basis of different aquatic macro-invertebrates, GRS-BIOS/ASPT Index value of four sampling sites fall in class II (moderately polluted), four sampling sites belong to water quality class IIIII (critically polluted) and remaining two sampling sites belong to water quality class III (heavily polluted). Similarly, in rainy season seven sites fall in water quality class II (moderately polluted) and three sampling sites belong to water quality class II-III (critically polluted).Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 2014, 19(2): 58-64

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