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Development of a metric of aquatic invertebrates for volunteers (MAIV): a simple and friendly biotic metric to assess ecological quality of streams

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dc.contributor.authorPinto, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorOliveira Junior, José Max
dc.contributor.authorLeitão, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorMorais, Maria M.
dc.contributor.authorChicharo, Luis
dc.contributor.authorVaz, Paula
dc.contributor.authorDelgado, Sofia M. A.
dc.contributor.authorVoreadou, Catherina
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Eduardo A.
dc.contributor.authorTeodosio, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T09:11:17Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T09:11:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-02
dc.description.abstractCitizen science activities, involving local people in volunteer-supported and sustainable monitoring programs, are common. In this context, the objective of the present work was to develop a simple Metric of Aquatic Invertebrates for Volunteers (MAIV), including a user-friendly tool that can be easily accessed by volunteers, and to evaluate the e ciency of a volunteer monitoring program following an audit procedure. To obtain MAIV values, macroinvertebrate communities were reduced to 18 surrogate taxa, which represented an acceptable compromise between simplicity, e ciency, and reproducibility of the data, compared to the regular Water Framework Directive monitoring. When compared to results obtained with the National Classification System of Portugal, MAIV accurately detected moderate, poor, and bad ecological status. Thus, MAIV can be used by volunteers as a complement to the o cial monitoring program, as well as a prospective early warning tool for local problems related to ecological quality. Volunteers were students supervised by their teachers. Results obtained by volunteers were compared to results obtained by experts on macroinvertebrate identification to measure the e ciency of the procedure, by counting gains and losses on sorting, and identification. Characteristics of groups of volunteers (age and school level) did not influence significantly the e ciency of the procedure, and generally results of volunteers and experts matched.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/w12030654pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2073-444
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13838
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBioassessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectCitizen sciencept_PT
dc.subjectMacroinvertebratept_PT
dc.subjectSTEM literacypt_PT
dc.subjectVolunteer monitoring of streamspt_PT
dc.subjectWater Framework Directivept_PT
dc.titleDevelopment of a metric of aquatic invertebrates for volunteers (MAIV): a simple and friendly biotic metric to assess ecological quality of streamspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage654pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleWaterpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume12pt_PT
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person.familyNameOliveira Junior
person.familyNameLeitão
person.familyNameChicharo
person.familyNameTeodosio
person.givenNameJosé Max
person.givenNameFrancisco
person.givenNameLuis
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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