Assessing urban impacts on water quality, benthic communities and fish in streams of the Andes mountains, Patagonia (Argentina)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 194, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 91-110

  Miserendino, M L ^a   Brand, C ^a   Di Prinzio, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Environmental relationships; Invertebrates; Nutrients; Pollution; Rivers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MEATS; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; OXYGEN; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIPODA; ARGENTINA; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FISH DENSITY; FLOW-THROUGH; HABITAT CONDITIONS; INVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES; INVERTEBRATE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATES; LOW FLOWS; MACRO-INVERTEBRATES; MOUNTAIN RIVERS; MOUNTAIN STREAMS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; OLIGOCHAETA; PATAGONIA; POLLUTION; REFERENCE SITES; SHANNON-WEAVER DIVERSITY INDEX; TOTAL-SUSPENDED SOLIDS; URBAN COMMUNITIES; URBAN IMPACTS; URBAN SITES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIUM; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELID WORM; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; EPHEMERAL PLANT; FISH; FLY; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANDES; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HELOBDELLA; HIRUDINEA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMNODRILUS; MERIDIALARIS CHILOEENSIS; NAIS COMMUNIS; PLECOPTERA; POLYPEDILUM; RHEOTANYTARSUS; SENZILLOIDES;

EID: 53149126520     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9701-4     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. R. J. Albariño E. Balseiro 2002 Leaf litter breakdown in Patagonian streams: Native versus exotic trees and the effect of invertebrate size Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystem 12 181 192
2. Allan, D. J. (1995). Stream ecology. Structure and function of running waters. London: Chapman & Hall.
3. Angrisano, E. B. (1995). Insecta Trichoptera. In E. C. Lopretto, & G. Tell (Eds.), Ecosistemas de aguas continentales (pp. 1199-1242). La Plata: Ed. Hemisferio Sur.
4. APHA (1994). Standard Methods for the examination of water and wastewater. Hanover, Maryland, USA: American Public Health Association.
5. P. D. Armitage D. Moss J. F. Wright M. T. Furse 1983 The performance of a new biological water quality score system based on macroinvertebrates over a range of unpolluted running water sites Water Resources 17 333 347
6. R. Arocena 1998 Statistical analysis of benthic communities to assess suspected degradation and recuperation zones in an urban stream (Uruguay) Verhandlungen der Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte der Limnologie 26 1188 1192
7. M. T. Barbour J. Gerritsen G. E. Griffith R. Frydenborg E. McCarron J. S. White M. L. Bastian 1996 A framework for biological criteria for Florida streams using benthic macroinvertebrates Journal of the North American Benthological Society 15 185 211
8. Barbour, M. T., Gerritsen, J., Snyder, B. D., & Stribling, J. B. (1999). Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for use in streams and wadeable rivers: Periphyton, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish, 2nd ed. US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. EPA. 841-b-99-002.
9. T. J. Blakely J. Harding 2005 Longitudinal patterns in benthic communities in an urban stream under restoration New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39 17 28
10. B. C. Chessman 1995 Rapid assessment of rivers using macroinvertebrates: A procedure based on habitat-specific sampling, family level identification and a biotic index Australian Journal of Ecology 20 122 129
11. K. J. Collier B. J. Smith J. M. Quinn M. R. Scarsbrook N. J. Halliday G. F. Croker 2000 Biodiversity of stream invertebrate faunas in a Waikato hill-country catchment in relation to land use New Zealand Entomologist 23 9 22
12. Coronato, F. R., & del Valle, H. F. (1988). Caracterización hídrica de las cuencas hidrográficas de la provincia del Chubut. Cenpat-Conicet, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina: Publicación Técnica.
13. Cummins, K. W., Minshall, G. W., Sedell, J. R., Cushing, C. E., & Petersen, R. C. (1984). Stream ecosystem theory. Verhandlungen der Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, 22, 1819-1827.
14. R. G. Death 1995 Spatial patterns in benthic invertebrate community structure: Products of habitat stability or are they habitat specific? Freshwater Biology 33 455 467
15. Domínguez, E., & Fernández, H. R. (1998). Calidad de los ríos de la cuenca del Salí (Tucumán Argentina) medida por un índice biótico. Serie conservación de la naturaleza. Tomo II. Fundación Miguel Lillo Tucumán. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.
16. Domínguez, E., Hubbard, M. D., & Pescador, M. L. (1994). Los Ephemeroptera de Argentina. Fauna de Agua Dulce de la Rca Argentina.Vol. 33.
17. Fernández, H. R., & Domínguez, E. (2001). Guía para la determinación de los Artrópodos bentónicos sudamericanos. Tucumán, Argentina: EUDET.
18. R. Figueroa C. Valdovinos E. Araya O. Parra 2003 Macroinvertebrados bentónicos como indicadores de calidad de agua de ríos del sur de Chile Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 76 275 285
19. J. F. Finkenbine D. S. Atwater D. S. Mavinic 2000 Stream health alters urbanization Journal of the American Water Resources Association 36 1149 1160
20. A. Giorgi L. Malacalza 2002 Effect of an industrial discharge on water quality and periphyton structure in a Pampean stream Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 75 107 119
21. Gordon, N. D., McMahon, T. A., & Finlayson, B. L. (1994). Stream hydrology, an introduction for ecologists. New York: Wiley.
22. C. M. Gualdoni A. M. Oberto G. B. Raffaini 1994 Evaluación de la calidad biológica de los ambientes lóticos de la subcuenca del Río Ctalamotchita (Tercero) (Córdoba, Argentina) Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto 14 65 80
23. M. J. Hall P. Closs R. H. Riley 2001 Relationships between land use and stream invertebrate community structure in South Island, New Zealand, coastal stream catchment New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35 591 603
24. K. Hicham A. Lotfi 2007 The dynamics of macroinvertebrate assemblages on response to environmental change in four basins of the Etueffont landfill leachate (Belfort, France) Water, Air and soil pollution 185 3 9
25. S. Jergentz P. Pessacq H. Mugni C. Bonetto R. Schulz 2004 Linking in situ bioassays and population dynamics of macroinvertebrates to assess agricultural contamination in streams of Argentine pampa Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 59 133 141
26. Kutschker, A.M., Brand, C., & Masi, C. (2006). La calidad de los bosques de ribera en ríos cordilleranos sometidos a distintos usos de la tierra. XXII Reunión Argentina de Ecología. Libro de resúmenes: 164. Agosto. Córdoba. Argentina.
27. Ludwig, J. A., & Reynolds, J. F. (1988). Statistical ecology. New York: Wiley-Interscience.
28. Marchesse, E. B. (1995). Oligochaeta. In E. C. Lopretto, & G. Tell (Eds.), Ecosistemas de aguas continentales (pp. 709-728). La Plata: Ed. Hemisferio Sur.
29. Mason, C. F. (1991). Biology of freshwater pollution. New York: Longman Scientific and Technical.
30. Merritt, R. W., & Cummins, K. W. (1996). An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall-Hunt.
31. J. L. Meyer M. J. Paul W. K. Taulbee 2005 Stream ecosystem function in urbanizing landscapes Journal of North American Benthological Society 24 602 612
32. M. L. Miserendino 1995 Composición y distribución del macrozoobentos en un arroyo andino Ecologia Austral 5 133 142
33. M. L. Miserendino 2001 Macroinvertebrate assemblages in Andean Patagonian rivers and streams Hydrobiologia 444 147 158
34. M. L. Miserendino 2004 Effects of landscape and desertification on the macroinvertebrate assemblages of rivers in Andean Patagonia Archiv für Hydrobiologie 159 185 209
35. M. L. Miserendino 2007 Macroinvertebrate functional organization and water quality in a large arid river from Patagonia (Argentina) Annales de Limnologie 43 3 133 145
36. Miserendino, M. L., & Pizzolón, L. A. (1992). Un índice biótico de calidad de aguas corrientes para la región andino-patagónica. pp. 39-40. Resúmenes del Segundo Congreso Latinoamericano de Ecología. Caxambú, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
37. M. L. Miserendino L. A Pizzolón 1999 Rapid assessment of river water quality using macroinvertebrates: A family level biotic index for the Patagonic Andean zone Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia 11 137 148
38. M. L. Miserendino L. A Pizzolón 2000 Macroinvertebrates of a fluvial system in Patagonia: Altitudinal zonation and functional structure Archiv für Hydrobiologie 150 55 83
39. M. L. Miserendino L. A. Pizzolón 2003 Distribution of macroinvertebrates assemblages in the Azul-Quemquemtreu river basin, Patagonia, Argentina New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37 525 539
40. M. L. Miserendino L. A. Pizzolón 2004 Interactive effects of basin features and land-use change on macroinvertebrate communities of headwater streams in the Patagonian Andes River Research & Applications 20 967 983
41. K. A. Monaghan M. R. Peck P. A. Brewin M. Masiero E. Zarate P. Turcotte S. J. Omerod 2000 Macroinvertebrate distribution in Ecuadorian hill streams: The effects of altitude and land use Archiv für Hydrobiologie 149 421 440
42. R. P. Morgan S. F. Cushman 2005 Urbanization effects on stream fish assemblages in Maryland, USA Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24 643 665
43. Morrone, J. J., & Coscaron, S. (1998). Biodiversidad de artrópodos argentinos: Una perspectiva biotaxonómica. La Plata, Argentina: Ediciones Sur.
44. A. Munné C. Solá N. Prat 1998 QBR: Un índice rápido para la evaluación de la calidad de los ecosistemas de ribera Tecnología del agua 175 20 37
45. P. A. Nolan N. Guthrie 1998 River rehabilitation in an urban environment: Examples from the Mersey basin, North West England Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 8 685 700
46. D. Onorato R. A. Angus K. R. Marion 2000 Historical changes in the ichthyofaunal assemblages of the Upper Cahaba River in Alabama associated with extensive urban development in the watershed Journal of Freshwater Ecology 15 47 63
47. J. D. Ortiz M. A. Puig 2007 Point source effects on density, biomass and diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates in a Mediterranean stream River Research and Applications 23 155 170
48. A. Paggi 1999 Los Chironominae como indicadores de calidad de ambientes dulceacuícolas Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 58 202 207
49. M. J. Paul J. L. Meyer 2001 Streams in the urban landscape Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 32 333 365
50. P. J. Pavé M. Marchesse 2005 Invertebrados bentónicos como indicadores de la calidad del agua en ríos urbanos (Paraná-Entre ríos, Argentina) Ecología Austral 15 183 197
51. N. Prat 1997 La problemática de la conservación de los ríos españoles como ecosistemas Ecosistemas 20/21 42 47
52. N. Prat A. Munné C. Solá N. Bonada M. Rieradevall 1999 Perspectivas en la utilización de los insectos acuáticos como bioindicadores del estado ecológico de los ríos. Aplicación a los ríos mediterráneos Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 58 181 192
53. L. Pizzolón M. L. Miserendino L. Arias 1997 Impacto de las descargas cloacales de Cholila sobre el arroyo Las Minas Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental 31 56 58
54. J. M. Quinn A. B. Cooper R. J. Davies-Collier J. C. Rutherford R. B. Williamson 1997 Land use effects on habitat, water quality, periphyton, and benthic invertebrates in Waikato, New Zealand, hill-country streams New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31 579:597
55. Rosenberg, D. M., & Resh, V. H. (1993). Freshwater biomonitoring and benthic invertebrates. New York: Chapman & Hall.
56. J. B. Scott C. R. Steward Q. J. Stober 1986 Effects of urban development on fish population dynamics in Kelsey Creek, Washington Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 115 555 567
57. S. H. Shieh J. V. Ward B. C. Kondratieff 2003 Longitudinal changes in macroinvertebrate production in a stream affected by urban and agricultural activities Archiv für Hydrobiologie 157 483 503
58. M. P. Silveira D. F. Baptista D. F. Buss N. L. Nessimian M. Egler 2005 Application of biological measures for stream integrity assessment in South-east Brazil Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 101 117 128
59. Sokal, R. R., & Rohlf, F. J. (1995). Biometry (3rd ed.). New York: Freeman.
60. Suren, A. M. (2000). Effects of urbanization. In K. J. Collier, & M. J. Winterbourn (Eds.), New Zealand invertebrates: Ecology and implications for management (pp. 260-268). Christchurch New Zealand: New Zealand Limnological Society.
61. C. J. F. ter Braak 1986 Canonical correspondence analysis: a new eigenvector technique for multivariate direct gradient analysis Ecology 67 1167 1179
62. ter Braak, C. J. F., & Smilauer, P. (1998). CANOCO Reference manual and user's guide to Canoco for Windows. Software for Canonical Community Ordination (version 4). Microcomputer power. Ithaca, NY.
63. ter Braak, C. J. F., & Smilauer, P. (1999). CANOCO for Windows (version 4.02). A FORTRAN program for canonical community ordination. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Centre for Biometry Wageningen.
64. A. Vallania M. d. C. Corigliano 2007 The effect of regulation caused by a dam on the distribution of the functional feeding groups of the benthos in the sub basin of the Grande river (San Luis, Argentina) Environmental Monitoring Assessment 124 201 209
65. R. L. Vannote G. W. Minshall K. W. Cummins J. R. Sedell C. E. Cushing 1980 The river continuum concept Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37 130 137
66. Ward, J. W. (1992). Aquatic insect ecology. New York: Wiley.
67. R. J. Wilcock J. W. Nagels H. J. E. Rodda 1999 Water quality of a lowland stream in a New Zealand dairy farming catchment New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33 683 696
68. J. G. Winter H. C. Duthie 1998 Effects of urbanization on water quality, periphyton and invertebrate communities in a Southern Ontario Stream Canadian Water Resources Journal 23 245-257 245-257