Role of macrophyte communities as bioindicators of water quality: Application on the Tiber river basin (Italy)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 528-536

  Ceschin, S ^a   Zuccarello, V ^b   Caneva, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant communities; Eutrophication; Italian peninsula; Macrophyte bioindicators; Watercourse

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; POTAMOGETON NODOSUS;

EID: 77957805878     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500903429221     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. AA. VV. 2007. Secondo rapporto sulla qualità delle acque superficiali e sotterranee della Provincia di Roma. Rapporto ambientale. Provincia di Roma - ARPA Lazio. Roma: Rotoform s.r.l.
2. Abou-Hamdan H, Haury J, Hebrard JP, Dandelot S, Cazaubon A. 2005. Macrophytic communities inhabiting the Huveaune (South-East France), a river subject to natural and anthropic disturbances. Hydrobiologia 551(1): 161-170.
3. AFNOR. 2003. Qualità de l'eau. Determination de l'indice biologique macrophytique en riviere (IBMR). Norme française T: 90-395.
4. Anderberg MR. 1973. Cluster analysis for applications. New York: Academic Press.
5. Andreucci F, Biondi E, Feoli E, Zuccarello V. 2000. Modelling environmental responses of plant associations by fuzzy set theory. Community Ecol 1(1): 73-80.
6. Avena GC, Blasi C, Rubeca L. 1975. Riccio fluitantis-Azolletum carolinianae associazione nuova indicatrice ecologica per lo stato delle acque di un tratto del Fiume Tevere. Ann Bot 34: 171-186.
7. Avena GC, Blasi C, Scoppola A. 1980. Indagini ecologico e fitogeografiche sulle zone umide interne del Lazio. 1: Relazioni tra lo stato chimico-fisico delle acque e le comunità macrofitiche della Bonifica Pontina. Ann Bot 39(1): 31-89.
8. Bagnini S, Bruschi S, Castellano F, Colatosti G, Gatta L, Malvati P, et al. 2005. Tevere pilot river basin article 5 report: Pursuant to the water framework directive. Roma: Gangemi Editore.
9. Barendregt A, Bio AMF. 2003. Relevant variables to predict macrophyte communities in running waters. Ecol Model 160: 205-217.
10. Biondi E, Baldoni M. 1994. The climate and vegetation of peninsular Italy. Colloques Phytosociologiques 23: 675-721.
11. Biondi E, Vagge I, Baldoni M, Taffetani F. 1997. La vegetazione del Parco Fluviale Regionale del Taro (Emilia-Romagna). Fitosociologia 34: 69-110.
12. Botineau M, Ghestem A. 1995. Caractérisation des communautés des macrophytes aquatiques (plantes vasculaires, bryophytes, lichen) en Limousin. Leurs relations avec la qualité de l'eau. Acta Bot Gallica 142(6): 585-594.
13. Braun-Blanquet J. 1964. Pflanzensoziologie. Grundzuge der Vegetationskunde. Wien and New York: Springer.
14. Buchwald R. 1994. Vegetazione e odonatofauna negli ambienti acquatici dell'Italia centrale. Braun-Blanquetia 11: 1-77.
15. Butcher RW. 1933. Studies on the ecology of rivers. I. On the distribution of macrophytic vegetation in the rivers of Britain. J Ecol 21: 58-91.
16. Carbiener R, Trémolières M, Mercier JL, Ortscheidt A. 1990. Aquatic macrophytes communities as bioindicators of eutrophication in calcareous oligosaprobe stream waters (Upper Rhine plaine, Alsace). Vegetatio 86: 71-88.
17. Carbiener R, Trémolières M, Muller S. 1995. Végétation des eaux courantes et qualité des eaux: Une thèse, des dèbats, des perspectives. Acta Bot Gallica 142(6): 489-531.
18. Casini M, Guissani E. 2006. Il Tevere a Roma. Autorità di Bacino del Fiume Tevere, Citera. Milano: Edizioni Ambiente.
19. Ceschin S, Salerno G. 2008. La vegetazione del basso corso del Fiume Tevere e dei suoi affluenti. Fitosociologia 45(1): 39-74.
20. Conti F, Abbate G, Alessandrini A, Blasi C. 2005. An annotated checklist of Italian flora. Roma: Palombi Editore.
21. Cortini PC. 2001. Flora dei muschi d'Italia. Roma: Antonio Delfino Editore.
22. Dawson FH, Szoszkiewicz K. 1999. Relationship of some ecological factors with the associations of vegetation in British rivers. Hydrobiologia 415: 117-122.
23. De Cáceres M, Oliva F, Font X. 2003. Ginkgo, a multivariate analysis program oriented towards distance-based classifications. Barcelona: CARME - Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods.
24. Dodds WK, Gudder DA. 1992. The ecology of Cladophora glomerata in freshwaters. J Phycol 28: 415-427.
25. Haslam SM. 1982. A proposed method for monitoring river pollution using macrophytes. Environ Technol Lett 3: 19-34.
26. Haury J, Peltre MC, Muller S, Tremoliers M, Barbe J, Dutartre A, et al. 1996. Des indices macrophytiques pour estimer la qualitè des cours d'eau francais: Premieres propositions. Ecologie 27(4): 233-244.
27. Haury J, Peltre MC, Tremolieres M, Barbe J, Thiebaut G, Bernez I, et al. 2006. A new method to assess water trophy and organic pollution - The Macrophyte Biological Index for Rivers (IBMR): Its application to different types of river and pollution. Hydrobiologia 570: 153-158.
28. Hrivnák R, Otahelová H, Valachovi[caron] M. 2007. The relationship between macrophyte vegetation and habitat factors along a middle-size European river. Pol J Ecol 55(4): 717-729.
29. Husak S, Sladecek V, Sladeckova A. 1989. Freshwater macrophytes as indicators of organic pollution. Acta Hydrochim et Hydrobiol 17(6): 693-697.
30. Iberite M, Palozzi AM, Resini AM. 1995. La vegetazione del Lago di Bolsena (Viterbo, Italia centrale). Fitosociologia 29: 151-164.
31. IRSA. 1978. Indagini sull'inquinamento del Fiume Tevere. Vol. 27. Roma: CNR.
32. John DM, Whitton BA, Brook AJ. 2005. The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
33. Lewis M, Wang W. 1997. Water quality and aquatic plants. In: Wang W, Gorsuch JW, Hughes JS, editors. Plants for environmental studies. New York: Lewis. pp. 141-175.
34. Liebmann H. 1962. Handbuch der Frischwasser und Abwasserbiologie. I. Jena: Gustav Fischer-Verlag.
35. Litav M, Agami M. 1976. Relationship between water pollution and the flora of two coastal rivers of Israel. Aquat Bot 2: 23-41.
36. Mancini L, Arcà G. 2000. Carta della qualità biologica dei corsi d'acqua della Regione Lazio. Roma: Istituto Superiore di Sanità - Regione Lazio.
37. Morgana JG, Rosa S, Prato S, Minciardi MR, Betta G, Grimaldi P. 2003. Qualità delle acque superficiali nel Parco Nazionale del Circeo. Rapporto Enea.
38. Pignatti S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. Bologna: Edagricole.
39. Podani J. 2001. Syntax 2000. Computer program for date analysis in ecology and systematics. User's manual. Budapest: Scientia.
40. Riis T, Sand-Jensen K, Larsen SE. 2001. Plant distribution and abundance in relation to physical conditions and location within Danish stream systems. Hydrobiologia 448: 217-228.
41. Robach F, Thiébault G, Trémolières M, Muller S. 1996. A reference system for continental running waters: Plant communities as bioindicators of increasing eutrophication in alkaline and acid waters in north-east France. Hydrobiologia 341: 67-76.
42. Seddon B. 1972. Aquatic macrophytes as limnological indicators. Freshwater Biol 2: 107-130.
43. Soster M. 2001. Identikit delle Felci d'Italia. Borgosesia: Valsesia Editore.
44. Thiebaut G, Muller S. 1999. A macrophyte communities sequence as an indicator of eutrophication and acidification levels in weakly mineralised streams in north-eastern France. Hydrobiologia 410: 17-24.
45. Tremp H, Kohler A. 1995. The usefulness of macrophyte monitoring-system, exemplified on eutrophication and acidification of running waters. Acta Bot Gallica 142(6): 541-550.
46. Westhoff V, Van der Maarel E. 1978. The Braun-Blanquet approach. In: Whittaker RH, editor. Classification of plant communities. The Hague: Junk. pp. 287-399.
47. Wiegleb G. 1984. A study of habitat conditions of the macrophytic vegetation in selected river systems in western Lower Saxony (Federal Republic of Germany). Aquatic Bot 18: 313-352.
48. Zadeh LA. 1965. Fuzzy sets. Inform Control 8(3): 338-353.
49. Zadeh LA. 1978. Fuzzy sets as a basis for a theory of possibility. Fuzzy Set Syst 1: 3-28.
50. Zunino M, Zullini A. 2004. Biogeografia. La dimensione spaziale dell'evoluzione. Milano: Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.