Cost-effective alternatives to facilitate biomonitoring and bioassessment of neotropical streams

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 965; p. 178654
• Main Authors: Valente-Neto, Francisco, Dala-Corte, Renato B., Cunico, Almir M., Magalhães, André L.B., Godoy, Bruno S., Leal, Cecília G., Castro, Diego M.P., Macedo, Diego R., Lima-Junior, Dilermando P., Gubiani, Éder A., Roque, Fabio de O., Teresa, Fabrício B., Oliveira, Fagner Junior Machado, Becker, Fernando G., Brejão, Gabriel L., Brito, Janaina, Zuanon, Jansen, Vitule, Jean R.S., Dias-Silva, Karina, Casatti, Lilian, Lima, Luciano B., Montag, Luciano F.A., Callisto, Marcos, dos Santos, Mireile R., Hamada, Neusa, Pamplin, Paulo A.Z., Pompeu, Paulo S., Leitão, Rafael P., Ruaro, Renata, Couceiro, Sheyla R.M., Abilhoa, Vinícius, Súarez, Yzel R., Martins, Renato T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.02.2025
• Subjects: Amazon; Animals; Aquatic insects; aquatic invertebrates; Atlantic forest; biological assessment; Brazil; Characiformes; community structure; Conservation of Natural Resources; Correlation; cost effectiveness; Cost-Benefit Analysis; data collection; deforestation; Ecosystem; environmental factors; environmental monitoring; Environmental Monitoring - economics; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Ephemeroptera; Fish; Fishes; freshwater; genus; humans; Invertebrates - classification; macroinvertebrates; Neotropics; Plecoptera; Rivers - chemistry; sample size; Siluriformes; species; Surrogates; Trichoptera; Brazil; Atlantic forest; Fish; Correlation; Amazon; Aquatic insects; Surrogates

A reliable response of bioindicators to environmental variation is a cornerstone for effective bioassessment and biomonitoring. Fish and aquatic macroinvertebrates are widely used as bioindicators of different human impacts in freshwater ecosystems, but the cost-effectiveness of their usage can be i...