Comparison of benthic macroinvertebrate assessment methods along a salinity gradient in headwater streams

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dc.contributor.authorPence, Rachel A.en
dc.contributor.authorCianciolo, Thomas R.en
dc.contributor.authorDrover, Damion R.en
dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, Daniel L.en
dc.contributor.authorSoucek, David J.en
dc.contributor.authorTimpano, Anthony J.en
dc.contributor.authorZipper, Carl E.en
dc.contributor.authorSchoenholtz, Stephen H.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-13T11:57:37Zen
dc.date.available2022-09-13T11:57:37Zen
dc.date.issued2021-12-01en
dc.date.updated2022-09-12T20:09:34Zen
dc.description.abstractBenthic macroinvertebrate community assessments are used commonly to characterize aquatic systems and increasingly for identifying their impairment caused by myriad stressors. Yet sampling and enumeration methods vary, and research is needed to compare their abilities to detect macroinvertebrate community responses to specific water quality variables. A common assessment method, rapid bioassessment, uses subsampling procedures to identify a fixed number of individual organisms regardless of total sample abundance. In contrast, full-enumeration assessments typically allow for expanded community characterization resulting from higher numbers of identified organisms within a collected sample. Here, we compared these two sampling and enumeration methods and their abilities to detect benthic macroinvertebrate response to freshwater salinization, a common stressor of streams worldwide. We applied both methods in headwater streams along a salinity gradient within the coal-mining region of central Appalachia USA. Metrics of taxonomic richness, community composition, and trophic function differed between the methods, yet most metrics exhibiting significant response to SC for full-enumeration samples also did for rapid bioassessment samples. However, full-enumeration yielded taxonomic-based metrics consistently more responsive to the salinization gradient. Full-enumeration assessments may potentially provide more complete characterization of macroinvertebrate communities and their response to increased salinization, whereas the more cost-effective and widely employed rapid bioassessment method can detect community alterations along the full salinity gradient. These findings can inform decisions regarding such tradeoffs for assessments of freshwater salinization in headwater streams and highlight the need for similar research of sampling and enumeration methodology in other aquatic systems and for other stressors.en
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dc.identifierARTN 765 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09556-3en
dc.identifier.eissn1573-2959en
dc.identifier.issn0167-6369en
dc.identifier.issue12en
dc.identifier.orcidSchoenholtz, Stephen [0000-0002-3782-0024]en
dc.identifier.orcidMcLaughlin, Daniel [0000-0001-7394-4780]en
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s10661-021-09556-3 (PII)en
dc.identifier.pmid34731316en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111808en
dc.identifier.volume193en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectSalinizationen
dc.subjectRapid bioassessmenten
dc.subjectFull enumerationen
dc.subjectCoal miningen
dc.subjectSAMPLING TECHNIQUESen
dc.subjectVALLEY FILLSen
dc.subjectBIOASSESSMENTen
dc.subjectCOLLECTIONSen
dc.subjectDOWNSTREAMen
dc.subjectIMPACTSen
dc.subjectSURBERen
dc.subjectKICKen
dc.subjectNETen
dc.subjectClinical Researchen
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen
dc.subject.meshInvertebratesen
dc.subject.meshEcosystemen
dc.subject.meshRiversen
dc.subject.meshEnvironmental Monitoringen
dc.subject.meshSalinityen
dc.subject.meshWater Qualityen
dc.titleComparison of benthic macroinvertebrate assessment methods along a salinity gradient in headwater streamsen
dc.title.serialEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessmenten
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dc.type.otherJournalen
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-10-19en
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pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environmenten
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environment/Forest Resources and Environmental Conservationen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environment/Water Resources Research Centeren
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/University Research Institutesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/University Research Institutes/Fralin Life Sciencesen
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pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/University Research Institutes/Fralin Life Sciences/Durelle Scotten
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