Changes in the communinity of aquatic macroinvertebrates associated to land use in La Maná municipality, Ecuador

Authors

  • Norma Maria Guerrero Chuez Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería., Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Ecuador
  • Fernanda Bazurto Marcillo Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería., Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Ecuador
  • Kerly Manrique Piedra Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería., Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Ecuador
  • Jonathan Pillasagua Cedeño Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería., Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Ecuador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56124/yaku.v6i11.538

Keywords:

water resources, ecological indices, bioindicators, water quality

Abstract

In the canton of La Maná there is an intensive transformation of the landscape that is due to changes in land use and reflects a degradation of its quality, thus the importance of evaluating water quality using aquatic macroinvertebrates in different land uses (forest, urban and agricultural), through the application of the River Habitat Index (IHF) and the Quality of Riparian Forest Index (QBR). The forest land use presented a "slightly disturbed" and "moderate" fluvial habitat quality, in contrast to the agricultural and urban land uses with "strong alteration" and "deficient" respectively. The biological results showed a total of 807 individuals distributed in 9 orders, 28 families and 50 genera, of which the orders: Hemiptera family Naucoridae genus Limnocoris (104); Ephemeroptera family Leptohyphidae genus Leptohyphes (88), were the most representative genera in the three land uses. The analysis of canonical correspondence with physicochemical and biological parameters was used to establish the relationship between them, the most representative variables being temperature, oxygen, and total dissolved solids. The application of the BMWP-Cr Index showed that the urban and agricultural land uses have poor water quality, while the forest land use has excellent water quality with little variability during the study months

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Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

Guerrero Chuez, N. M., Bazurto Marcillo, F., Manrique Piedra, K., & Pillasagua Cedeño, J. (2023). Changes in the communinity of aquatic macroinvertebrates associated to land use in La Maná municipality, Ecuador. Revista De Ciencias Del Mar Y Acuicultura YAKU. ISSN: 2600-5824., 6(11), 34–48. https://doi.org/10.56124/yaku.v6i11.538