<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The consequences of the growing demand for water include a significant deterioration in its quality and a drastic decline in biodiversity, which is a serious threat to the hydrological and biocenotic balance of freshwater ecosystems. A good indicator of aquatic environment quality is macrophytes. Studies on macrophytes are one of the primary elements in the ecological status assessment of surface waters, in accordance with the guidelines of the Water Framework Directive. In Poland, research on the ecological status of rivers with regard to macrophytes has been carried out since 2008, using the Macrophyte Index for Rivers (<italic>MIR</italic>), which takes into account the number and coverage of macrophyte taxa. An analysis of numbers of species that need to be indicated at a site for valid assessment of the ecosystem was conducted on the basis of studies on macrophytes from 2008–2013, at 60 sites in small lowland rivers with a sandy substrate, of which 20 sites were selected on the most diverse watercourses: the least clean (quality class V), moderate (quality class III), and the cleanest (quality class I). The results of the botanical studies served to assess the completeness of the samples (the number of species recorded at a site) used to evaluate the ecological status of a river. The proposed analyses enabled estimation of the approximate number of species required to determine the MIR for rivers in each quality class.</p></abstract>

The consequences of the growing demand for water include a significant deterioration in its quality and a drastic decline in biodiversity, which is a serious threat to the hydrological and biocenotic balance of freshwater ecosystems. A good indicator of aquatic environment quality is macrophytes. Studies on macrophytes are one of the primary elements in the ecological status assessment of surface waters, in accordance with the guidelines of the Water Framework Directive. In Poland, research on the ecological status of rivers with regard to macrophytes has been carried out since 2008, using the Macrophyte Index for Rivers (MIR), which takes into account the number and coverage of macrophyte taxa. An analysis of numbers of species that need to be indicated at a site for valid assessment of the ecosystem was conducted on the basis of studies on macrophytes from 2008–2013, at 60 sites in small lowland rivers with a sandy substrate, of which 20 sites were selected on the most diverse watercourses: the least clean (quality class V), moderate (quality class III), and the cleanest (quality class I). The results of the botanical studies served to assess the completeness of the samples (the number of species recorded at a site) used to evaluate the ecological status of a river. The proposed analyses enabled estimation of the approximate number of species required to determine the MIR for rivers in each quality class.

Determining the change point for the error in the Macrophyte Index for Rivers

Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods

Biometrical Letters

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The consequences of the growing demand for water include a significant deterioration in its quality and a drastic decline in biodiversity, which is a serious...

Determining the change point for the error in the Macrophyte Index for Rivers

Pubblicato online: 14 dic 2018

Pagine: 215 - 232

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2018-0015

Parole chiave
macrophytes, Macrophyte Index for Rivers (), At Most One Change (AMOC)

© 2018 Anna Budka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Determining the change point for the error in the Macrophyte Index for Rivers

Pubblicato online: 14 dic 2018

Pagine: 215 - 232

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2018-0015

Parole chiavemacrophytes, Macrophyte Index for Rivers (), At Most One Change (AMOC)

© 2018 Anna Budka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
macrophytes, Macrophyte Index for Rivers (), At Most One Change (AMOC)