Assessing the health of freshwater ecosystems: the role of biomonitoring scores and diversity indices in evaluating aquatic insect populations
Keywords:
Aquatic insect, Biomonitoring score, Diversity index, Water qualityAbstract
Aquatic insects play a significant role in freshwater systems as they provide information regarding the ecological conditions and changes that take place by acting as bio monitors, hence conditions such as the presence of mayflies, dragonflies, and stoneflies would serve as an indicator to assess the quality of water. The changes to water bodies such as changes in pH, temperature and oxygen levels lead to shifts in aquatic communities and changes to environmental conditions are closely related which can affect the community makeup. An attempt has been made to highlight the significance of biomonitoring score and diversity index to study freshwater insect.
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