Keywords:
Macro-invertebrate, Functional Groups, Density, Aquatic System, Egeria DensaAbstract
During the last years, the over-exploitation of natural resources at lago de Tota and its watershed have affected the natural conditions of the lake, and thus, the abundance as well as the distribution of the wildlife which inhabits in the place. The aim was to design an evaluation tool of the environmental quality at the lake's shoreline zone, specially the one formed by the Egeria Densa, aspects like density, biomass, and macro-invertebrate functional groups of this plant were studied. The study was complemented by an environmental-variable analysis such the pH, electric conductivity, temperature, and oxygen diluted at 8 areas. An assessment system was designed, applied and validated, which integrates physical, chemical, and biological variables, as well as it consolidates 3 quality categories: low quality (Llano de Alarcón, Piscicol, and Los Pozos sectors), acceptable quality (El Túnel, Pispesca, and Hato Laguna sectors), and intermediate quality (La Playa, and La Custodia sectors). A multiple regression model allowed the valida- tion of the quality categories, with a 66%, at which the macro-invertebrate density was the most significant explanatory variable. This is a tool which provides input products for the permanent assessment of the environmental quality, as well as the environmental management plans of lago de Tota lake.Downloads
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DE LA FUENTE, J. 1994. Zoología de Artrópodos, Editorial Interamericana McGraw – Hill, Madrid, España. 950pp.
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HECKMAN, C. 2008. Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata – Zigoptera. Illustrated Keys to Known Families, Genera, and Species in South America. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 725pp.
JORGENSEN, S., LOFFLER, H., RAST, W. & STRASKRABA, M. 2005. Lake and reservoir management. Elsevier (Vol. 54). United States. 502pp.
MOORE, J., BERLOW, E., COLEMAN, D., RUITER, P., DONG, Q., HASTINGS, A., COLLINS, N., McCANN, K., MELVILLE, K., MORIN, P., NADELHOFFER, K., ROSEMOND, A., POST D., SABO, J., SCOW, K., VANNI, M. & WALL, D. 2004. Detritus, trophic dynamics and biodiversity. Ecology Letters, 7: 584–600.
MARGALEF, R. 1977. Ecología. Omega. España. 951pp.
MCCAFFERTY, W. & PROVONSHA, A. 1981. Aquatic Entomology, The fishermen's and Ecologists' Illustrated Guide to Insects and Their Relatives. Science Books International, Boston, Massachusetts. United States. 320pp.
MERRITT, J. & CUMMINS, K. 1979. An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America, Kendall / Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America. 420pp.
MILLIGAN, M. R. 1997. “Identification Manual for the Aquatic Oligochaeta of Florida”, Freshwater, Volumen I, Oligochaetes. Department of Environmental Protection, State of Florida. Tallahassee, EE.UU. 187 pp.
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MUÑOZ, M. & VÉLEZ, I. En imprenta, 2007. “Redescripción y algunos aspectos ecológicos de Girardia tigrina, G. cameliae y G. paramensis (Dugesiidae, Tricladida) en Antioquia, Colombia”. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, Vol. 78 (1). 291- 301.
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POSADA, J. & ROLDÁN, G. 2003. “Clave Ilustrada y Diversidad de las Larvas de Trichoptera en el Nor-occidente de Colombia”. Caldasia 25 (1): 169-192.
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ROLDÁN, G. 1996. Guía para el estudio de los macroinvertebrados acuáticos del departamento de Antioquia, Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, CIEN, Antioquia, Colombia. 217pp.
ROLDÁN, G. & RAMÍREZ, J. 2008. Fundamentos de Limnología neotropical. Medellín, Editorial Universidad de Antioquia. Colombia. 442pp.
ROSENBERG, D. & RESH, V. 1993. Freshwater Biomonitoring and Benthic Macroinvertebrates. EDS., Chapman & Hall. New York. United States. 488pp.
SCHINDLER, D. & SCHEUERELL, M. 2002. Habitat coupling in lake ecosystems. OIKOS 98: 177–189.
SPRINGER, M. 2006. Clave Taxonómica para larvas de las familias del orden Trichoptera (Insecta) de Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. Vol, 54(suppl. 1): 273 – 286.
TOMANOVA, S., GOITIA, E. & HELEŠIC, J. 2006. Trophic levels and functional feeding groups of macroinvertebrates in neotropical streams. Hidrobiología 556: 251-264.
TUNDISI, J. & MATSUMURA-TUNDISI, T. 2011. Recursos Hídricos no século XXI. Ed. Prol Editora gráfica, Camara Brasileira do Livro, SP, Brasil.
WETZEL, R. & LIKENS, G. 1991. Limnological Analyses. Springer – Verlag Second Edition. New Cork. United States of America. 429pp.
WETZEL, R. 2001. Limnology: Lake and river Ecosystems. Third Edition. Academic Press. United States of America. 1006pp.
WIGGINS, G. 1996. Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera (Trichoptera), Segunda Edición. Universidad de Toronto Press, Canada. 504pp
WRIGHT, J., FURSE, M. & ARMITAGE, P. 1993. RIVPACS – a technique for evaluating the biological quality of rivers in the U.K. European Water Pollution Control, 3(4): 15-25.
ZAR, J. 2010. Biostatistical Analysis, fifth edition, New Jersey, United States of America: Pearson Prentice-Hall, 947pp.
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2016-10-24
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Gil Padilla, L. N., Pedroza Ramos, A. X., & Aranguren Riaño, N. J. (2016). Environmental assessment of the Lago de Tota shoreline based on macro- invertebrated function and structure. Cultura científica, (14), 16–25. Retrieved from https://jdc-ojs.vobomkt.com/index.php/Cult_cient/article/view/35
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