CITAAC 25595
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN TOXICOLOGIA AMBIENTAL Y AGROBIOTECNOLOGIA DEL COMAHUE
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
BIODIVERSITY AND BIOMONITORING INDEXES
Autor/es:
KOHLMANN, BERT; ARROYO, ALEJANDRA; MACCHI, PABLO; PALMA, RODRIGO
Libro:
Integrated Analytical Approaches for Pesticide Management
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 2018; p. 83 - 106
Resumen:
Biomonitoring is the use of biological responses to assess changesin the environment, generally caused by human activities.Macroinvertebrate community structural changes are studied and evaluatedas indicators of pollution (organic and inorganic) processes. Oneof the most used biomonitoring indices in Latin America is theBMWP (Biological Monitoring Working Party) (National WaterCouncil, 1981) adapted to country or regional/local conditions (Pratet al., 2009; Springer, 2012).
