Potential of bio-indication of chironomid communities for assessment of running water quality in Flanders (Belgium)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-40

  Adriaenssens, Veronique ^a   Simons, Frank ^a   Nguyen, Lien T H ^a   Goddeeris, Boudewijn ^b   Goethals, Peter L M ^a   De Pauw, Niels ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bio indicators; Biomonitoring; Brooks; Chironomidae; Macroinvertebrates; Rivers

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 4444318358     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. BARZERQUE, M.F., H. LAVILLE & Y. BROUQUET (1989). Biological quality assessment in two rivers of the northern plain of France (Picardie) with special reference to chironomid and diatom indices. Acta. Biol. Debr. Aecol. Hung., 3 : 29-39.
2. BAZZANTI, M. & F. BAMBACIGNO (1987). Chironomids as water quality indicators in the river Mignone (Central Italy). Hydrobiological Bulletin, 21(2) : 213-222.
3. BOWMAN, M.F. & R.C. BAILEY (1997). Does taxonomic resolution affect the multivariate description of the structure of freshwater benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 54 : 1802-1807.
4. BUSKENS, R.F.M. & H.K.M. MOLLER PILLOT (1992). The Netherlands as an environment for chironomid fauna. Neth. J. Aquat. Ecol., 26(2 - 4) : 223-228.
5. CAO, Y., A.W. BARK,. & W. P. WILLIAMS (1997). A comparison of clustering methods for river benthic community analysis. Hydrobiologia, 347 : 25-40.
6. CRANSTON, P.S. (1982). A key to the larvae of the British Orthocladiinae (Chironomidae). British Museum (Natural History), Freshwater Biology, 14 : 179-182.
7. DE PAUW, N. & G. VANHOOREN (1983). Method for biological assessment of watercourses in Belgium. Hydrobiologia, 100 : 153-168.
8. DE PAUW, N. & H.A. HAWKES (1993). Biological monitoring of river water quality. In : River water quality monitoring and control. W.J. WALLEY & S. JUDD, Eds. Aston University, Birmingham, UK. p. 87-111.
9. DE PAUW, N. & R. VANNEVEL (1993). Macro-invertebraten en waterkwaliteit. Dossiers Stichting Leefmilieu, 11, Antwerpen, 316 p.
10. EULIN, A., C. GRUARIN, H. LAVILLE, & R. LE COHU (1993). Evaluation de la qualité de l'eau de la Garonne par référence spéciale aux indices diatomique et chironomidien. Annales de Limnologie, 30(2) : 123-129.
11. EVRARD, M. (1995a). Quelques aspects méconnus des Chironomidae (Diptera) de Belgique. Les Naturalistes Belges, 76(2) : 33-50.
12. EVRARD, M. (1995b). The chironomid fauna of the Ourthe basin, Belgium : additions to the Belgian check-list of Chironomidae (Diptera). Annales de Limnology, 31(3) : 215-221.
13. EVRARD, M. (1996). Utilisation des exuvies nymphales de Chironomidae (Diptera) en tant qu'indicateurs biologiques de la qualité des eaux de surface wallonnes. Dissertation de doctorat, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix de Namur, Namur, Belgique, 204 p.
14. FITTER, R. & R. MANUEL (1986). Collins Field Guide to Freshwater Life of Britain and North-West Europe. William Collins sons & Co. Ltd, London, U.K., 382 p.
15. GODDEERIS, B. (1987). The time factor in the niche space of Tanytarsus-species in two ponds in the Belgian Ardennes (Diptera:Chironomidae). Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement, 29 : 281-288.
16. GODDEERIS B.R. & F. BEHEN (1991). Chironomidae. Eds GROOTAERT, P., DE BRUYN, L. & DE MEYER, M. Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium, 70 : 47-56.
17. GOETHALS, P.L.M. & N. DE PAUW (2001). Development of a concept for integrated river assessment in Flanders, Belgium. Journal of Limnology, 60 : 7-16.
18. GROENENDIJK, D., S.M.G. LUCKER, M. PLANS, M.H.S. KRAAK & W. ADMIRAAL (2002). Dynamics of metal adaptation in riverine chironomids. Environmental Pollution, 117(1) : 101-109.
19. GUEROLD, F. (2000). Influence of taxonomic determination level on several community indices. Water Research, 34(2) : 487-492.
20. HILL, M.O. (1973). Reciprocal averaging: an eigenvector method of ordination. Journal of Ecology, 61 : 237-249.
21. IBN (1984). 'Norme Beige T 92-402. Qualité biologiques des cours d'eau. Détermination de l'indice biotique se basant sur les macro-invertébrés aquatiques.' Institut Beige de Normalisation, Brussels, 11 p.
22. INT PANIS, L., B. GODDEERIS & R.F. VERHEYEN (1995). On the reliability of Ponar grab samples for the quantitative study of benthic invertebrates in ponds. Hydrobiologia, 312 : 147-152.
23. KING, D.L. & R.C. BALL (1964). A quantitative biological measure of stream pollution. J. Wat. Pollut. Control Fed. 36 : 650.
24. KLEIN, W.J. JR. (1967). Picture-key to the genera of aquatic midges. Laboratory investigations number 4. Technical advisory and investigations branch, federal water pollution control administration, United States department of the Interior, Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA, 15 p.
25. KLINK, A. (1981). Determinatietabel voor de poppen en larven der Nederlandse Tanytarsini; Deel I: Tabellen tot geslacht. Hydrobiologisch Adviesburo Klink, Wageningen, Nederland, 47 p.
26. KLINK, A.G. (1983). Key to the dutch larvae of Paratanytarsus (Thienemann & Bause) with a note on the ecology and the phylogenetic relations, Medeklinker nr. 3. Hydrobiologisch Adviesburo Klink, Wageningen, Nederland, 35 p.
27. LADLE, M. & G.J. BIRD (1980). Aquatic Oligochaeta of Southern England. In: Aquatic Oligochaetae Biology, R.O. BRINKHURST & D.G. COOK, Eds. Plenum Press, New York, USA.
28. LENAT, D.R. (1983). Chironomid taxa richness : natural variation and use in pollution assessment. Fresh. Invert. Biol., 2(4) : 192-198.
29. LINDEGAARD, C. (1997). Diptera Chironomidae, Non-biting Midges. In Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Vol. 2, A. NILSSON, ed., pp. 265-294, Apollo Books.
30. MACKEY, A.P. (1977). Quantitative studies on the Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Rivers Thames and Kennel III. The Nuphar zone. Arch. Hydrobiol., 79 : 62-102.
31. MARTINEZ, E.A., B.C. MOORE, J. SCHAUMLOFFEL & N. DASGUPTA (2002). The potential association between mental deformities and trace elements in Chironomidae (Diptera) taken from a heavy metal contaminated river. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 20(11) : 2475-2481.
32. MASON, W.T.JR. (1968). An introduction to the identification of chironomid larvae. Division of Pollution Surveillance. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, U.S. Department of the interior. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 89 p.
33. MEREGALLI, G., A.C. VERMEULEN & F. OLLEVIER (2000). The use of chironomid deformation in an in situ test for sediment toxicity. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf., 47(3) : 231-238.
34. MOLLER PILLOT, H.K.M. (1978). Nederlandse faunistische mededelingen, I. De larven der Nederlandse Chironomidae (Diptera). Centraal Bureau Nederland van de European Invertebrate Survey, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Nederland, 105 p.
35. MOLLER PILLOT, H.K.M. (1984). Nederlandse faunistische mededelingen, IB. De larven der Nederlandse Chironomidae (Diptera) (Orthocladiinae sensu latu). Stichting European Invertebrate Survey - Nederland, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Nederland, 175 p.
36. MOLLER PILLOT, H.K.M. & R.F.M. BUSKENS (1990). Nederlandse faunistische mededelingen, IB. De larven der Nederlandse Chironomidae (Diptera), Deel C: Auto-ecologie en verspreiding. Stichting European Invertebrate Survey - Nederland, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Nederland, 88 p.
37. ORENDT, C. (1998). Macroinvertebrates and diatoms as indicators of acidification in forest spring brooks in a region of eastern Germany (Leipzig-Halle-Bitterfeld) highly impacted by industrial activities. Arch. Hydriobiol., 4 : 435-467.
38. ORENDT, C. (2000). The chironomid communities of woodland springs and spring brooks, severly endangered and impacted ecosystems in a lowland region of eastern Germany. Journal of Insect Conservation, 4 : 79-91.
39. PAINE, G.H. (1956). Illustrated flow chart to certain groups of chironomid larvae. U.S. department of health, education and welfare. Public health service, Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 9 p.
40. RAE, J.G. (1985). A multivariate study of resource partitioning in soft bottom lotic Chironomidae. Hydrobiologia, 150 : 143-151.
41. REINHOLD-DUDOK VAN HEEL, H.C. & P.J. DEN BESTEN (1999). The relation between macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Rhine-Meuse delta (the Netherlands) and sediment quality. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 2 : 19-38.
42. RODRIGUEZ, P. & J.C. ARMAS, (1983). Contribution à la connaissance de la faune d'oligochètes du Pays Basque et zones limitrophes. Annales de Limnologie, 19 : 33-100.
43. ROSENBERG, D.M. & V.H RESH (1993). Freshwater biomonitoring and benthic macroinvertebrates. New York, USA, Chapmann and Hall, 488p.
44. ROSSARO, B. (1991). Analysis of environmental gradients determining Chironomid (Insects, Diptera) species composition using multivariate analysis. Acta Biologica, 68 : 209-224.
45. SAETHER, O.A. (1979). Chironomid communities as water quality indicators. Hol. Ecol., 2 : 65-74.
46. SØRENSEN, T. (1984). A method of establishing groups of equal amplitude in plant sociology based on similarity of species content. Det. Kong. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Biol. Slr. (Copenhagen), 5(4) : 1-34.
47. STOREY, A. & L.C.V. PINDER (1985). Mesh-size and efficiency of sampling of larval chironomidae. Hydrobiologia, 124 : 193-197.
48. TER BRAAK, C.F.J. (1986). Canonical correspondence analysis : a new eigenvector technique for multivariate direct gradient analysis. Ecology, 67(5) : 1167-1179.
49. TER BRAAK, C.F.J. & P. SMILAUER (1998). CANOCO reference manual and user's guide to Canoco for Windows. Software for Canonical Community Ordination (Version 4). Centre for Biometry, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 351 p.
50. TER BRAAK, C.F.J. & P.F.M. VERDONSCHOT (1995): Canonical correspondence analysis and related multivariate analysis in aquatic ecology. Aquatic Sciences, 57(3) : 255-289.
51. VAN TONGEREN, O. (1986). FLEXCLUS, an interactive program for classification and tabulation of ecological data. Act. Bot. Neerl., 35(3) : 389-412.
52. VERDONSCHOT, P.F.M., R. MONSTERRAT & J. SCHOT (1992). Chironomids and regional water types. Neth. J. Aquat. Ecol., 26(2-4) : 513-520.
53. VERDONSCHOT, P.F.M. (2000a). Integrated ecological assessment methods as a basis for sustainable catchment management. Hydrobiologia : 423 : 389-412.
54. VERDONSCHOT, P.F.M. (2000b). Natuurlijke levensgemeenschappen van de Nederlandse binnenwateren. Deel 1, Bronnen. Achtergronddocument bij het "Handboek Natuurdoeltypen in Nederland", Alterra, Wageningen, Nederland, 87 p.
55. VERDONSCHOT, P.F.M. (2000c). Natuurlijke levensgemeenschappen van de Nederlandse binnenwateren. Deel 2, Beken. Achtergronddocument bij het 'Handboek Natuurdoeltypen in Nederland. Alterra, Wageningen, Nederland, 128 p.
56. WIEDERHOLM, T. (1983). Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnosis. Part I. Larvae. Entomologia Scandinavica, Supplement no 19.