USE OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES AS BIOINDICATORS IN RIVER WATER QUALITY DETERMINATION

Volume 20 No 6 (2022)

Mónica Jasmina Lozano Duchitanga,Miguel Ángel Osorio Rivera,Juan Pablo Haro Altamirano,Sandra Elizabeth López Sampedro,Erica Estefanía Andino Peñafiel

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.6.NQ22190

Abstract

The growth of the world population, and consequently of its needs, is taking a heavy toll on the environment; therefore, it is urgent to preserve the scarce water resources that the planet still has;tempering, through systematic studies, the impact of anthropogenic activities. Within this context,the objective of the present study focused on the determination of water quality in a section of the Guanganza Chico river micro basin (Morona Santiago province, Republic of Ecuador), using macroinvertebrates as excellent bioindicators.

Keywords

environmental biotechnology, water quality, macroinvertebrates, BMWP/Col and EPT, Microcuenca Río Guanganza Chico

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