| Developing a Benthic Index of Biological Integrity and Some Relationships to Environmental Factors in the Subtropical Xiangxi River, China | |
| Li, Fengqing; Cai, Qinghua; Ye, Lin; Cai, QH, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, Peoples R China | |
| 2010 | |
| Source Publication | INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF HYDROBIOLOGY
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| ISSN | 1434-2944 |
| Volume | 95Issue:2Pages:171-189 |
| Abstract | The aim of this study is to develop a benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI) to help understand how the increasing anthropogenic pressure may impact the subtropical Xiangxi River in China. Benthic macroinvertebrate and environmental surveys were conducted at 77 sites in early summer 2004. Each collection site was categorized as reference or impaired based on physical, chemical, biological, and land-use information. Six non-redundant metrics from 35 metrics were used to differentiate between reference and impaired sites. We selected six metrics for the final IBI. The scoring criteria of each metric were normalized based on the quadrisection and 0-10 scaling systems. Both scaling methods were used to assess the aquatic health of each site in the Xiangxi River watershed. The results showed that most sites were in fairly poor condition. Furthermore, we identified the relationship between B-IBI metrics, water-quality, and land-use variables with a principal component analysis. A composite of nutrients and land-use intensity explained most variances. These results suggest that the B-IBI may be a suitable method for assessing river conditions within the subtropical Xiangxi River in central China. |
| Keyword | Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities Index Of Biotic Integrity River Health Yangtze River Basin |
| Department | [Li, Fengqing; Cai, Qinghua; Ye, Lin] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, Peoples R China; [Li, Fengqing] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China |
| Subject Area | Marine & Freshwater Biology |
| Funding Organization | Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-427]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [30330140] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-427]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [30330140] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-427]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [30330140] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-427]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [30330140] |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000278279100005 |
| Funding Organization | Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-427]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [30330140] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-427]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [30330140] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-427]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [30330140] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-427]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [30330140] |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/13534 |
| Collection | 淡水生态学研究中心_期刊论文 |
| Corresponding Author | Cai, QH, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Li, Fengqing,Cai, Qinghua,Ye, Lin,et al. Developing a Benthic Index of Biological Integrity and Some Relationships to Environmental Factors in the Subtropical Xiangxi River, China[J]. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF HYDROBIOLOGY,2010,95(2):171-189. |
| APA | Li, Fengqing,Cai, Qinghua,Ye, Lin,&Cai, QH, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, Peoples R China.(2010).Developing a Benthic Index of Biological Integrity and Some Relationships to Environmental Factors in the Subtropical Xiangxi River, China.INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF HYDROBIOLOGY,95(2),171-189. |
| MLA | Li, Fengqing,et al."Developing a Benthic Index of Biological Integrity and Some Relationships to Environmental Factors in the Subtropical Xiangxi River, China".INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF HYDROBIOLOGY 95.2(2010):171-189. |
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