Benthic Macroinvertebrates along the Haraz Downstream in Southern Caspian Sea Basin: In Gradient of the Physicochemical Parameters
Joint Authors
Ghasemi, Amir Faraz
Kamali, Morteza
Source
International Journal of Zoology
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-10-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The Haraz River is one of the most important rivers in the Caspian Sea basin.
In order to investigate changes in the taxa abundance composition and feeding groups of the benthic macroinvertebrates, twelve-time sampling was carried out at nine stations along three different sites: (1) before, (2) into, and (3) after Amol City.
Results showed impacts of anthropogenic activities caused by the urbanization and development on the occurrence of benthic macroinvertebrates taxa.
Families, Hydropsychidae and Heptageniidae at site 1 and Tipulidae at sites 2 and 3, were significantly dominant.
The feeding groups of gathering collectors and predators increased from site 1 to site 3, while the filtering collectors and scrapers decreased.
Consequently, our data supported the use of the bioindicator concept for Haraz River.
Some sensitive (Hydropsychidae, Heptageniidae, Baetidae, and Leuctridae) and tolerant families (Tipulidae and Naididae/Tubificidae) are introduced as potential bioindicators of clean and disturbed river’s area, respectively.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ghasemi, Amir Faraz& Kamali, Morteza. 2014. Benthic Macroinvertebrates along the Haraz Downstream in Southern Caspian Sea Basin: In Gradient of the Physicochemical Parameters. International Journal of Zoology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ghasemi, Amir Faraz& Kamali, Morteza. Benthic Macroinvertebrates along the Haraz Downstream in Southern Caspian Sea Basin: In Gradient of the Physicochemical Parameters. International Journal of Zoology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1037695
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ghasemi, Amir Faraz& Kamali, Morteza. Benthic Macroinvertebrates along the Haraz Downstream in Southern Caspian Sea Basin: In Gradient of the Physicochemical Parameters. International Journal of Zoology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1037695
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1037695