The main aim of this study was to improve the knowledge about the concordance among macrophytes and macroinvertebrates to provide complementary information and facilitate the procedures for quality assessment of river ecosystems. Macrophytes and macroinvertebrates were collected in 11 sampling sites along a central Apennine calcareous river in October 2008 and June 2009. The concordance between the two biomonitoring groups was tested according to several environmental parameters. The comparison of the data matrix similarities by the Mantel test showed differences in the assemblage of macrophytes and macroinvertebrates along the river since correlation values were 0.04, p>0.05 in October 2008 and 0.39, p>0.05 in June 2009. The study revealed a lack of concordance between the two groups emphasizing the information provided by macrophytes and macroinvertebrates does not overlap in terms of response to environmental parameters. Indeed, the two different biological groups resulted useful descriptors of different parameters. Together, they could represent a complementary tool to reflect the river environmental quality.

Traversetti, L., Scalici, M., Ginepri, V., Manfrin, A., Ceschin, S. (2014). Concordance between macrophytes and macroinvertebrates in a Mediterranean river of central Apennine region. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, 35(3/4), 497-503.

Concordance between macrophytes and macroinvertebrates in a Mediterranean river of central Apennine region.

SCALICI, MASSIMILIANO;CESCHIN, SIMONA
2014-01-01

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to improve the knowledge about the concordance among macrophytes and macroinvertebrates to provide complementary information and facilitate the procedures for quality assessment of river ecosystems. Macrophytes and macroinvertebrates were collected in 11 sampling sites along a central Apennine calcareous river in October 2008 and June 2009. The concordance between the two biomonitoring groups was tested according to several environmental parameters. The comparison of the data matrix similarities by the Mantel test showed differences in the assemblage of macrophytes and macroinvertebrates along the river since correlation values were 0.04, p>0.05 in October 2008 and 0.39, p>0.05 in June 2009. The study revealed a lack of concordance between the two groups emphasizing the information provided by macrophytes and macroinvertebrates does not overlap in terms of response to environmental parameters. Indeed, the two different biological groups resulted useful descriptors of different parameters. Together, they could represent a complementary tool to reflect the river environmental quality.
2014
Traversetti, L., Scalici, M., Ginepri, V., Manfrin, A., Ceschin, S. (2014). Concordance between macrophytes and macroinvertebrates in a Mediterranean river of central Apennine region. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, 35(3/4), 497-503.
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