Indicator value of lotic water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and their use in macroinvertebrate-based indices for water quality assessment purposes | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Open Access

Issue		Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst. Number 411, 2013


Article Number		08
Number of page(s)		28
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2013075
Published online		25 October 2013

Alba-Tercedor J. andSanchez-Ortega A., 1988. Un metodo rapido y simple para evaluar la calidad biologica de las aguas corrientes basado en el de Hellawell (1978). Limnetica, 4, 51–56. [Google Scholar]
Allan J.D., 2004. Landscape and riverscapes: The influence of land use on stream ecosystems. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 35, 257–284. [Google Scholar]
Allan J.D. andFlecker A.S., 1993. Biodiversity conservation in running waters. BioScience, 43, 32–43. [Google Scholar]
Alvial I.E., Orth K., Durán B.C., Álvarez E. andSqueo F.A., 2013. Importance of geochemical factors in determining distribution patterns of aquatic invertebrates in mountain streams south of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Hydrobiologia, 709, 11–25. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Armitage P.D., Moss D., Wright J.F. andFurse M.T., 1983. The performance of a new biological water quality scores system based on macroinvertebrates over a wide range of unpolluted running-water sites. Water Res., 17, 333–347. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Artemiadou V. andLazaridou M., 2005. Evaluation score and interpretation index for the ecological quality of running waters in central and northern Hellas. Environ. Monit. Assess., 110, 1–40. [Google Scholar]
Barber W.E. andKevern N.R., 1973. Ecological factors influencing macroinvertebrate standing crop distribution. Hydrobiologia, 43, 53–75. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Barbour M.T., Plafkin J.L., Bradley B.P., Graves C.G. andWisseman R.W., 1992. Evaluation of EPA’s Rapid Bioassessment Benthic Metrics: metric redundancy and variability among reference stream sites. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 11, 437–449. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Bennett C., Owen R., Birk S., Buffagni A., Erba S., Mengin N., Murray-Bligh J., Ofenböck G., Pardo I., van de Bund W., Wagner F. andWasson J.-G., 2011. Bringing European river quality into line: an exercise to intercalibrate macro-invertebrate classification methods. Hydrobiologia, 667, 31–48. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Biesiadka E. and Kowalik W., 1991. Water mites (Hydracarina) as indicators of trophy and pollution in lakes.In: Dusbábek F. and Bukva V. (eds.), Modern Acarology, Academia Prague and SPB Academic Publishing BV, The Hague, Vol. 1, 475–481. [Google Scholar]
Buffagni A. andFurse M., 2006. Intercalibration and comparison – major results and conclusions from the STAR project. Hydrobiologia, 566, 357–364. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Buffagni A., Erba S., Birk S., Cazzola M., Feld C., Ofenböck T., Murray-Bligh J., Furse M.T., Clarke R., Hering D., Soszka H. and van de Bund W., 2005. Towards European inter-calibration for the Water Framework Directive: Procedures and examples for different river types from the E.C. project STAR. 11th STAR deliverable. STAR Contract No: EVK1-CT 2001-00089. Quaderni Ist. Ric. Acque 123, Rome (Italy), IRSA, 460 p. [Google Scholar]
Buffagni A., Erba S., Aquilano G., Armanini D.G., Beccari C., Casalegno C., Cazzola M., Demartini D., Gavazzi N., Kemp J.L., Mirolo N. and Rusconi M., 2007. Macroinvertebrati acquatici e Direttiva 2000/60/EC (WFD).IRSA-CNR Notiziario dei Metodi Analitici, 1, 116 p. [Google Scholar]
Buffagni A., Erba S., Mignuoli C., Scanu G., Sollazzo C. and Pagnotta R., 2008. Criteri per la selezione di siti di riferimento fluviali per la Direttiva 2000/60/CE. Quaderni CNR-IRSA, 1/2008, 2–22. [Google Scholar]
Cicolani B. and Di Sabatino A., 1991. Sensitivity of water mites to water pollution. In: Dusbábek F. and Bukva V. (eds.), Modern Acarology, Academia Prague and SPB Academic Publishing BV, The Hague, Vol. 1, 465–474. [Google Scholar]
Cicolani B., Miccoli F.P., Di Sabatino A., Giustini M. and Lombardo P., 2009. The value of water mites (Hydrachnidia) as indicators of biodiversity and stream ecological status: an example from Abruzzo, central Italy. In: Abstracts Book “A Cruise through Nice Waters – ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting”. Nice, France, 25–30 January 2009, p. 51. [Google Scholar]
Cîmpean M.-D., 2010. Taxonomical and ecological study of water mite communities (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from the River Somežul Mic catchment area and their role as indicators of water quality. English summary of PhD Dissertation, Babež-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 31 p. [Google Scholar]
Dallas H.F., 2012. Ecological status assessment in mediterranean rivers: complexities and challenges in developing tools for assessing ecological status and defining reference conditions. In press at Hydrobiologia, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1305-8. [Google Scholar]
Davies P.J., Wight I.A., Findlay S.J., Jonasson O.J. andBurgin S., 2010. Impact of urban development of aquatic macroinvertebrates in south eastern Australia: degradation of in-stream habitats and comparison with non urban streams. Aquat. Ecol., 44, 685–700. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Di Sabatino A., Gereke R. andMartin P., 2000. The biology and ecology of lotic water mites (Hydrachnidia). Freshw. Biol., 44, 47–62. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Di Sabatino A., Smit H., Gerecke R., Goldschmidt T., Matsumoto N. and Cicolani B., 2008. Global diversity of water mites (Acari; Hydrachnidia; Arachnida) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia, 595, 303–315. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Dohet A., Ector L., Cauchie H.M. andHoffmann L., 2008. Identification of benthic invertebrate and diatom indicator taxa that distinguish different stream types as well as degraded from reference conditions in Luxembourg. Anim. Biol., 58, 419–472. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
EU, 2000. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. Official Journal of the European Communities, L327, 1–72. [Google Scholar]
Gerecke R. and Schwoerbel J., 1991. Water quality and water mites (Acari, Actinedida) in the upper Danube Region. In: Dusbábek F. and Bukva V. (eds.), Modern Acarology, Academia, Prague and SPB Publishing BV, The Hague, Vol. 1, 483–491. [Google Scholar]
Ghetti P.F., 1997. I macroinvertebrati nel controllo della qualità di ambienti di acque correnti. Indice Biotico Esteso (IBE). Manuale di applicazione. Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy, 222 p. [Google Scholar]
Growns J.E., 2001. Aquatic mites as bioindicators, with an Australian example. In: Halliday R.B., Walter D.E., Proctor H.C., Norton R.A. and Calloff M.J. (eds.), Acarology, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 136–141. [Google Scholar]
Johnson R.K., Hering D., Furse M.T. andVerdonschot P.F.M., 2006. Indicators of ecological change: comparison of the early response of four organism groups to stress gradients. Hydrobiologia, 566, 139–152. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Kubošová K., Brabec K., Jarkovský J. andSyrovátka V., 2010. Selection of indicative taxa for river habitats: a case study on benthic macroinvertebrates using indicator species analysis and the random forest methods. Hydrobiologia, 651, 101–114. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Lewin I., Czerniawska-Kusza I., Szoszkiewicz K., Ławniczak A.E. andJusik S., 2013. Biological indices applied to benthic macroinvertebrates at reference conditions of mountain streams in two ecoregions (Poland, the Slovak Republic). Hydrobiologia, 709, 183–200. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Lyche Solheim A., Feld C.K., Birk S., Phillips G., Carvalho L., Morabito G., Mischke U., Willby N., Søndergaard M., Hellsten S., Kolada A., Mjelde M., Böhmer J., Miler O., Pusch M.T., Argillier C., Jeppesen E., Lauridsen T.L. andPoikane S., 2013. Ecological status assessment of European lakes: a comparison of metrics for phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish. Hydrobiologia, 704, 57–74. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Mandaville S.M., 2002. Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Freshwaters- Taxa Tolerance Values, Metrics, and Protocols. Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax (Project H-1), 128 p. [Google Scholar]
Maurer B.A. and McGill B.J., 2011. Measurement of species diversity. In: Biological Diversity – Frontiers in Measurement and Assessment, In: Magurran A. E. and McGill B.J. (eds.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 55–65. [Google Scholar]
May R.M., 2011. Foreword. In: Biological Diversity – Frontiers in Measurement and Assessment, In: Magurran A.E. and McGill B.J. (eds.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. XV–XVII. [Google Scholar]
Miccoli F.P., Giustini M., Bruni P., Vignini P., Pescosolido M., Cicolani B. and Di Sabatino A., 2006. La biodiversità e la qualità ambientale delle sorgenti dei Monti della Laga (Parco Nazionale Gran Sasso – Laga, Appennino centrale). Atti del XXXVI Congresso della Società Italiana di Biogeografia, 93. [Google Scholar]
Mjelde M., Hellsten S. andEcke F., 2013. A water level drawdown index for aquatic macrophytes in Nordic lakes. Hydrobiologia, 704, 141–151. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Pardo I. andArmitage P.D., 1997. Species assemblages as descriptors of mesohabitats. Hydrobiologia, 344, 111–128. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Proctor H. andPritchard G., 1989. Neglected predators: water mites (Acari: Parasitengona: Hydrachnellae) in freshwater communities. J.N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 8, 100–111. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Quinn G.P. and Keough M.J., 2002. Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 537 p. [Google Scholar]
Quiroga C.R., Vallania A. and Rosso De Ferradás B.E., 2010. Structure and distribution of Hydrachnidia (Parasitengona-Acari) in the sub-basin of the Grande River (Superior Basin of Quinto River, San Luis-Argentina). Acta Limnol. Brasil., 22, 287–294. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Resh V.H. and McElravy E.P., 1993. Contemporary quantitative approaches to biomonitoring using benthic invertebrates. In: Rosenberg D.M. and Resh V.H. (eds.), Freshwater Biomonitoring and Benthic Macroinvertebrates, Chapman and Hall, New York, 159–194. [Google Scholar]
Rossaro B., Boggero A., Lods Crozet B., Free G., Lencioni V. andMarziali L., 2011. A comparison of different biotic indices based on benthic macro-invertebrates in Italian lakes. J. Limnol., 70, 109–122. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Schwoerbel J., 1964. Die Wassermilben (Hydrachnellae und Limnohalacaridae) als Indikatoren einer biozönotischen gliederung von Breg und Brigach sowie der obersten Donau. Arch. Hydrobiol., Suppl. 27, 1, 386–417. [Google Scholar]
Smit H. andGerecke R., 2010. A checklist of the water mites of France (Acari: Hydrachnidia). Acarologia, 50, 21–91. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Smit H. and van der Hammen H., 1992. Water mites as indicators of natural aquatic ecosystem of the coastal dunes of the Netherlands and northwestern France. Hydrobiologia, 231, 51–64. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Smith I.M., Cook D.R. and Smith B.P., 2010. Water mites (Hydrachnidiae) and other arachnids. In: Thorp J.H. and Covich A.P. (eds.), Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edn. Academic Press / Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL & San Diego, CA, 485–586. [Google Scholar]
Suriano M.T., Fonseca-Gessner A.A., Roque F.O. andFroehlich C.G., 2011. Choice of macroinvertebrate metrics to evaluate stream conditions in Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Environ. Monit. Assess., 175, 87–101. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
Testi A., Bisceglie S., Guidotti S. andFanelli G., 2009. Detecting river environmental quality through plant and macroinvertebrate bioindicators in the Aniene River (central Italy). Aquat. Ecol., 43, 477–486. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Thiébaut G., Tixier G., Guérold F. andMuller S., 2006. Comparison of different biological indices for the assessment of river quality: application to the upper River Moselle (France). Hydrobiologia, 570, 159–164. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
van der Hammen H. andSmit H., 1996. The water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of streams in The Netherlands: distribution and ecological aspects on a regional scale. Neth. J. Aquat. Ecol., 30, 175–185. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Viets K., 1936. Wassermilben oder Hydracarina (Hydrachnellae und Halacaridae). In: Dahl F. (ed.), Tierwelt Deutschlands. G. Fischer, Jena, 31, 10–288; 32, 289–574. [Google Scholar]
Walter C., 1924. Neue Hydracarinen aus Unterfranken. Zool. Anz., 59 (3-4), 105–108. [Google Scholar]
Washington H.G., 1984. Diversity, biotic and similarity indices – a review with special relevance to aquatic ecosystems. Water Res., 18, 653–694. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Zar J.H., 2009. Biostatistical Analysis, 5th edn. Pearson / Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 944 p. [Google Scholar]

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.