The growing concern for the quality of water in aquatic ecosystems makes it essential to develop new indicators that allow evaluating and predicting their state against anthropogenic impact. Microorganisms are able reflect quickly changes habitat, through both its taxonomic functional characteristics, is why they consideration as environmental (*1). objective this work was identify attributes c...

A framework is built, wherein hydrological/water quality model is used to measure watershed sustainability. For this framework, watershed sustainability has been defined and quantified by defining social, environmental and biodiversity indicators. By providing weightage to these indicators, a “River Basin Sustainability Index” is built. The watershed sustainability is then calculated based on t...

Soil quality appears to be an ideal indicator of sustainable land management. Soil is the foundation for nearly all land uses. Soil quality, by definition, reflects the capacity to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and promote plant and animal health. By reflecting the basic capacity of the soil to function, it integrates across many potential use...

Hodnotenie a charakterizácia vybraných škodlivín v prípade zdrojov povrchovej vody High quantities of organic matter can reduce the chemical and biological quality of river water. The key indicator of the oxygenation status of water bodies is the biological oxygen demand (BOD) and ammonium. These are main indicators for the water quality classification. Although countries have different river c...

It is widely accepted that characterizing the spatio-temporal trends of water quality parameters and identifying correlated variables with water quality are indispensable for the management and protection of water resources. In this study, cluster analysis was used to classify 56 typical drinking water reservoirs in Zhejiang Province into three groups representing different water quality levels...

Abstract This paper presents data compilation for invertebrates and protists indicator taxa of organic pollution trophic state continental waters. Information was collected from research papers, monographs, electronic resources, our own research. Altogether 1732 Kingdoms Protista, Protozoa, Chromista, Animalia 19 taxonomical Phyla are represented with ecological preferences saprobity index (S) ...

Rivers are important for aquatic biodiversity. Anthropogenic activities degrade rivers and decrease their capacity to offer ecosystem services. This study used macroinvertebrates assess the impact of anthropogenic on Pinyinyi River during dry wet season. Abundance macroinvertebrates, average score per taxon Shannon Weiner Species Diversity Index were state ecological status River. Because abund...