Influence of wastewater discharges on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a cantabrian-atlantic coastal river

This paper studies the effect of wastewater discharges on benthic macroinvertebrates in the Furnia River (Pontevedra, NW Spain). Semiquantitative surveys were carried out in spring 2008 and 2017 in three different locations, upstream and downstream of a sewage treatment plant built in 2013. Differen...

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Main Authors: Álvarez-Troncoso, R. (Author), Garrido, J. (Author), Gutiérrez, D. (Author), Martínez-Barciela, Y. (Author), Polina, A. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Page Press Publications 2022
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520 3 |a This paper studies the effect of wastewater discharges on benthic macroinvertebrates in the Furnia River (Pontevedra, NW Spain). Semiquantitative surveys were carried out in spring 2008 and 2017 in three different locations, upstream and downstream of a sewage treatment plant built in 2013. Different indexes were calculated based on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages: abundance, richness, Shannon-Wiener, EPT, IASPT, IBMWP and several physicochemical variables were measured concurrently. Although the indexes values decreased slightly along the water course, the results indicate an optimal water quality of the Furnia River, supporting a very diverse community of aquatic macroinvertebrates. © 2022, Page Press Publications. All rights reserved. 
650 0 4 |a diversity index 
650 0 4 |a limnology 
650 0 4 |a macroinvertebrates 
650 0 4 |a river 
650 0 4 |a wastewater 
650 0 4 |a water quality 
700 1 |a Álvarez-Troncoso, R.  |e author 
700 1 |a Garrido, J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Gutiérrez, D.  |e author 
700 1 |a Martínez-Barciela, Y.  |e author 
700 1 |a Polina, A.  |e author 
773 |t Journal of Limnology