In situ feeding assay with Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea): Modelling the influence of confounding factors to improve water quality biomonitoring

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 45; no. 19; pp. 6417 - 6429
• Main Authors: Coulaud, Romain, Geffard, Olivier, Xuereb, Benoît, Lacaze, Emilie, Quéau, Hervé, Garric, Jeanne, Charles, Sandrine, Chaumot, Arnaud
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2011; Elsevier; IWA Publishing/Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Applied sciences; Assaying; Biodiversity and Ecology; Biological Assay - methods; Biomonitoring; Body Size; Crustacea; Crustacea - physiology; Electric Conductivity; Environment and Society; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Environmental Sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Feeding; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Feeding rate; France; Gammarus; Gammarus fossarum; Global Changes; In situ assay; Male; Mathematical models; Modelling; Models, Biological; Pollution; Seasons; Stations; Temperature; Water Pollution - analysis; Water Quality; Water treatment and pollution; France; Temperature; Biomonitoring; FI; Gammarus; In situ assay; Feeding rate; Modelling; FR; Sensitivity analysis; Bioassay; Statistical distribution; Environmental factor; Modeling; Biological monitoring; Crustacea; Arthropoda; Water quality; Water pollution; Invertebrata; Reliability; GAMMARUS; FEEDING RATE; BIOMONITORING; IN SITU ASSAY; TEMPERATURE; MODELLING

In situ feeding assays implemented with transplanted crustacean gammarids have been claimed as promising tools for the diagnostic assessment of water quality. Nevertheless the implementation of such methodologies in biomonitoring programs is still limited. This is explained by the necessity to impro...