https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2014

Influence of wastewater discharges on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a Cantabrian-Atlantic coastal river

Vol. 81 (2022)
Submitted: 15 March 2021
Accepted: 7 October 2021
Published: 25 October 2021
macroinvertebrates, water quality, diversity index, wastewater, limnology, river
Abstract Views: 2521
PDF: 390
HTML: 127
Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Authors

David Gutiérrez
dagutierrez@uvigo.es
Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, Spain.
Romina Álvarez-Troncoso
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9217-1661
Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, Spain.
Yasmina Martínez-Barciela
Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, Spain.
Alejandro Polina
Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, Spain.
Josefina Garrido
Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, Spain.

This paper studies the effect of wastewater discharges on benthic macroinvertebrates in the Furnia River (Pontevedra, NW Spain). Semiquantitative surveys were carried out in spring 2008 and 2017 in three different locations, upstream and downstream of a sewage treatment plant built in 2013. Different indexes were calculated based on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages: abundance, richness, Shannon-Wiener, EPT, IASPT, IBMWP and several physicochemical variables were measured concurrently. Although the indexes values decreased slightly along the water course, the results indicate an optimal water quality of the Furnia River, supporting a very diverse community of aquatic macroinvertebrates.

Dimensions

Altmetric

PlumX Metrics

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Citations

Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC
Alba-Tercedor J, Sánchez-Ortega A, 1988. Un método rápido y simple para evaluar la calidad biológica de las aguas corrientes basado en el de Hellawell (1978). Limnetica 4:1-56.
Armitage PD, Moss D, Wright JF, Furse MT, 1983. The performance of a new Biological Water Quality Score System based on Macroinvertebrates over a wide range of unpolluted running-water sites. Water Res. 17: 333-347. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0043-1354(83)90188-4
Barbour MT, Gerritsen J, Snyder BD, Stribling JB, 1999. Rapid bioassessment protocols for use in streams and wadeable rivers: periphyton, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, DC.
Benetti CJ, Pérez-Bilbao A, Garrido J, 2012. Macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality in running waters: 10 years of research in rivers with different degrees of anthropogenic impacts, p. 95-122. In: K. Voudouris and D. Voutsa (eds.), Ecological water quality-Water treatment and reuse. InTech.
Bernotiene R, 2015. The relationship between blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) and some hydrochemical and hydrophysical parameters in large and medium‐sized Lithuanian rivers. River Res. Appl. 31:728-735. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.2715
Bruinsma J, 2003. World Agriculture: Toward 2015/30, a FAO Perspective. Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations, Rome.
Canobbio S, Mezzanotte V, Sanfilippo U, Benvenuto F, 2009. Effect of multiple stressors on water quality and macroinvertebrate assemblages in an effluent-dominated stream. Water Air Soil Poll. 198:359-371. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-008-9851-4
Cardinale BJ, Emmett Duffy J, González A, Hooper DU, Perrings C, Venail P, Narwani A, Mace GM, Tilman D, Wardle DA, Kinzig AP, Daily GC, Loreau M, Grace JB, Larigauderie A, Srivastava DS, Naeem S, 2012. Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity. Nature 486:59-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11148
Carlsson G, 1967. Environmental factors influencing blackfly populations. Bull. World Health Organ. 37:139.
Chapin FS, Zavaleta ES, Eviner VT, Naylor RL, Vitousek PM, Reynolds HL, Hooper DU, Lavorel S, Sala O, Hobbie SE, Mack MC, Díaz S, 2000. Consequences of changing biodiversity. Nature 405:234-242. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/35012241
Confederación Hidrográfica Miño-Sil (CHMS), 2013. Hydrologic plan of the river basin Authority of Minho-Sil. Available from: http://www.chminosil.es/
Confederación Hidrográfica Miño-Sil (CHMS), 2014. [Plan hidrológico 2016–2021: Parte española de la demarcación hidrográfica del Miño-Sil: Anexo III. Fichas de las masas de agua de la parte española de la Demarcación Hidrográfica del Miño-Sil].[in Spanish]. Ministerio de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente, Government of Spain.
Cummins KW, 1974. Structure and function of stream ecosystems. BioScience 24:631-641. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1296676
Docile TN, Figueiró R, Gil-Azevedo LH, Nessimian JL, 2015. Water pollution and distribution of the black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Rev. Biol. Trop. 63:683-693. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v63i3.16195
Dudgeon D, Arthington A, Gessner M, Kawabata Z, Knowler D, Lévêque C, Naiman R, Prieur-Richard A, Soto D, Stiassny M, Sullivan C, 2006. Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges. Biol. Rev. 81:163-182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1464793105006950
European Communities, 2000. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 20 October 2000 establishing a framework for community 19 action in the field of water policy. O.J. European Communities L327.
Feeley HB, Kerrigan C, Fanning P, Hannigan E, Kelly-Quinn M, 2011. Longitudinal extent of acidification effects of plantation forest on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in soft water streams: evidence for localised impact and temporal ecological recovery. Hydrobiologia 671:217-226. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0719-z
Garrido J, Benetti C, Pérez Bilbao A, 2012. [Id-Tax. Catálogo y claves de identificación de organismos invertebrados utilizados como elementos de calidad en las redes de control del estado ecológico].[in Spanish]. Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Madrid.
Government of Spain. [Real Decreto 817/2015, de 11 de septiembre, por el que se establecen los criterios de seguimiento y evaluación del estado de las aguas superficiales y las normas de calidad ambiental. Boletín Oficial del Estado, 11 de Septiembre de 2015, num 219].[in Spanish]. Available from: https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2015-9806
Hooper DU, Adair EC, Cardinale BJ, Byrnes JE, Hungate BA, Matulich KL, González A, Emmett Duffy J, Gamfeldt L, O’Connor MI, 2012. A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change. Nature 486:105-108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11118
Jordaan JM, 2009. The uses of river water and impacts, p. 1-27. In: J.C.I. Dooge (ed.), Fresh surface water. Oxford, Eolss Publishers Co.
Kottek M, Grieser J, Beck C, Rudolf B, Rubel F, 2006. World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated. Meteorol. Zeitsch. 15:259-263. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130
Magurran AE, 1989. [Diversidad ecológica y su medición].[Book in Spanish]. Barcelona, Vedra: 200 pp.
Martínez-Cortizas A, Pérez-Alberti A, 1999. [Atlas climático de Galicia].[Book in Spanish]. Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: 207 pp.
McCabe DJ, Gotelli NJ, 2000. Effects of disturbance frequency, intensity, and area on assemblages of stream macroinvertebrates. Oecologia 124.270-279. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004420000369
Miller SW, Wooster D, Li J, 2007. Resistance and resilience of macroinvertebrates to irrigation water withdrawals. Freshwater Biol. 52:2494-2510. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01850.x
Ministerio de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente (MAGRAMA), 2011. [Protocolo de muestreo y laboratorio de fauna bentónica de invertebrados vadeables].[in Spanish]. Ministerio de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente, Madrid.
Mora C, Tittensor DP, Adl S, Simpson AG, Worm B, 2011. How many species are there on Earth and in the ocean? PLoS Biol. 9:e1001127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001127
Moreno CE, 2001. [Métodos para medir la biodiversidad].[in Spanish]. MandT-Manuales y Tesis SEA, Zaragoza.
Ortiz JD, Marti E, Puig MA, 2005. Recovery of the macroinvertebrate community below a wastewater treatment plant input in a Mediterranean stream. Hydrobiologia 545:289-302. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-3646-z
Pérez-Bilbao A, Benetti CJ, Garrido J, 2013. [Estudio de la calidad del agua del río Furnia (NO. España) mediante el uso de macroinvertebrados acuáticos].[Article in Spanish]. Nova Acta Cien. Comp. Biolo. 20:1-9.
Prenda J, Clavero M, Blanco-Garrido F, Menor A, Hermoso V, 2006. Threats to the conservation of biotic integrity in Iberian fluvial ecosystems. Limnetica 25:377-388.
Roy AH, Rosemond AD, Paul MJ, Leigh DS, Wallace JB, 2003. Stream macroinvertebrate response to catchment urbanization (Georgia, USA). Freshwater Biol. 48:329-346. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.00979.x
Strayer DL, Dudgeon D, 2010. Freshwater biodiversity conservation: recent progress and future challenges. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 29:344-358. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1899/08-171.1
Tachet H, Richoux P, Bournaud M, Usseglio-Polatera P, 2003. [Invertébrés d’eau douce: Systématique, biologie, écologie].[Book in French]. CNRS Editions, Paris: 608 pp.
Vidal T, Santos JI, Marques CR, Pereira JL, Claro MT, Pereira R, Castro BB, Soares A, Gonçalves. F, 2014. Resilience of the macroinvertebrate community of a small mountain river (Mau River, Portugal) subject to multiple stresses. Mar. Freshwater Res. 65:633-644. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF13207
Xu M, Wang Z, Duan X, Pan B, 2014. Effects of pollution on macroinvertebrates and water quality bio-assessment. Hydrobiologia 729:247-259. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1504-y

Edited by

Valeria Lencioni, Head Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology Dept, MUSE-Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy

How to Cite

Gutiérrez, David, Romina Álvarez-Troncoso, Yasmina Martínez-Barciela, Alejandro Polina, and Josefina Garrido. 2021. “Influence of Wastewater Discharges on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in a Cantabrian-Atlantic Coastal River”. Journal of Limnology 81 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2014.
Copyright (c) 2021 The Author(s) Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.