Rapid Assessment of Organic Pollution in a West-central Mexican River Using a Family-level Biotic Index

The cost-effectiveness of rapid assessment approaches make their adaptation for use in developing countries appealing, but biological assessment methods need to be validated before use in new geographic areas. The authors tested the suitability of a family-level biotic index for use in a river in we...

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Published inJournal of environmental planning and management Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 613 - 632
Main Authors Henne, Lisa J., Schneider, Daniel W., Martinez, Luis M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2002
Taylor and Francis Journals
Taylor & Francis Ltd
SeriesJournal of Environmental Planning and Management
Subjects
Developing countries
Environment
Environmental management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental planning
Freshwater
Indexes
LDCs
Mexico
Natural resources
Pollution
Pollution control costs
Resource management
Rivers
Sewage
Studies
Waste management
Water pollution
Water resources
Mexico
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Summary:The cost-effectiveness of rapid assessment approaches make their adaptation for use in developing countries appealing, but biological assessment methods need to be validated before use in new geographic areas. The authors tested the suitability of a family-level biotic index for use in a river in west-central Mexico that receives organic point-source pollution from untreated municipal sewage and sugar-cane processing. The biotic index was highly correlated to dissolved oxygen, and could detect different levels of pollution. Information from rapid assessment biomonitoring was used successfully by local natural resource managers to help bring about improvements in water resource management.
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ISSN:0964-0568
1360-0559
DOI:10.1080/0964056022000013039