Rapid Assessment of Organic Pollution in a West-central Mexican River Using a Family-level Biotic Index

Lisa Henne, Daniel Schneider and Luis Martinez

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2002, vol. 45, issue 5, 613-632

Abstract: The cost-effectiveness of rapid assessment approaches make their adaptation for use in developing countries appealing, but biological assessment methods need to be validated before use in new geographic areas. The authors tested the suitability of a family-level biotic index for use in a river in west-central Mexico that receives organic point-source pollution from untreated municipal sewage and sugar-cane processing. The biotic index was highly correlated to dissolved oxygen, and could detect different levels of pollution. Information from rapid assessment biomonitoring was used successfully by local natural resource managers to help bring about improvements in water resource management.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1080/0964056022000013039

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