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author Feio, Maria João
da Silva, Janine P
Hughes, Robert M
Aguiar, Francisca C
Alves, Carlos B M
Birk, Sebastian
Callisto, Marcos
Linares, Marden S
Macedo, Diego R
Pompeu, Paulo S
Robinson, Wayne
Schürings, Christian
Almeida, Salomé F P
Anastácio, Pedro M
Arimoro, Francis O
Baek, Min Jeong
Calderón, Mirian
Chen, Kai
Goethals, Peter
Forio, Marie Anne E
Harding, Jon S
Kefford, Ben J
Kelly, Martyn G
Keke, Unique N
Lintermans, Mark
Martins, Renato T
Mori, Terutaka
Nakamura, Keigo
Odume, Oghenekaro N
Ribeiro, Filipe
Ruaro, Renata
Serra, Sónia Rq
Shah, Deep Narayan
Sueyoshi, Masanao
Tachamo-Shah, Ram Devi
author_facet Feio, Maria João
da Silva, Janine P
Hughes, Robert M
Aguiar, Francisca C
Alves, Carlos B M
Birk, Sebastian
Callisto, Marcos
Linares, Marden S
Macedo, Diego R
Pompeu, Paulo S
Robinson, Wayne
Schürings, Christian
Almeida, Salomé F P
Anastácio, Pedro M
Arimoro, Francis O
Baek, Min Jeong
Calderón, Mirian
Chen, Kai
Goethals, Peter
Forio, Marie Anne E
Harding, Jon S
Kefford, Ben J
Kelly, Martyn G
Keke, Unique N
Lintermans, Mark
Martins, Renato T
Mori, Terutaka
Nakamura, Keigo
Odume, Oghenekaro N
Ribeiro, Filipe
Ruaro, Renata
Serra, Sónia Rq
Shah, Deep Narayan
Sueyoshi, Masanao
Tachamo-Shah, Ram Devi
Feio, Maria João
da Silva, Janine P
Hughes, Robert M
Aguiar, Francisca C
Alves, Carlos B M
Birk, Sebastian
Callisto, Marcos
Linares, Marden S
Macedo, Diego R
Pompeu, Paulo S
Robinson, Wayne
Schürings, Christian
Almeida, Salomé F P
Anastácio, Pedro M
Arimoro, Francis O
Baek, Min Jeong
Calderón, Mirian
Chen, Kai
Goethals, Peter
Forio, Marie Anne E
Harding, Jon S
Kefford, Ben J
Kelly, Martyn G
Keke, Unique N
Lintermans, Mark
Martins, Renato T
Mori, Terutaka
Nakamura, Keigo
Odume, Oghenekaro N
Ribeiro, Filipe
Ruaro, Renata
Serra, Sónia Rq
Shah, Deep Narayan
Sueyoshi, Masanao
Tachamo-Shah, Ram Devi
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents The impacts of alien species on river bioassessment. Feio, Maria João da Silva, Janine P Hughes, Robert M Aguiar, Francisca C Alves, Carlos B M Birk, Sebastian Callisto, Marcos Linares, Marden S Macedo, Diego R Pompeu, Paulo S Robinson, Wayne Schürings, Christian Almeida, Salomé F P Anastácio, Pedro M Arimoro, Francis O Baek, Min Jeong Calderón, Mirian Chen, Kai Goethals, Peter Forio, Marie Anne E Harding, Jon S Kefford, Ben J Kelly, Martyn G Keke, Unique N Lintermans, Mark Martins, Renato T Mori, Terutaka Nakamura, Keigo Odume, Oghenekaro N Ribeiro, Filipe Ruaro, Renata Serra, Sónia Rq Shah, Deep Narayan Sueyoshi, Masanao Tachamo-Shah, Ram Devi Rivers Animals Fishes Introduced Species Ecosystem Invertebrates Biodiversity Environmental Monitoring Diatoms The extent of alien taxa impacts on river ecosystem health is unclear, but their frequency continues to rise. We investigated 1) the prevalence of including alien taxa in common bioindicators used in river bioassessment, 2) the effect of alien taxa on the richness and abundance of natives, and 3) whether including alien taxa in bioassessment tools increased their sensitivity to river degradation. In the 17 countries analyzed fish represented the greatest number of alien species (1726), followed by macrophytes (925), macroinvertebrates (556), and diatoms (7). Yet, alien species are only distinguished from natives in some fish and macrophyte indices. In addition, the analyses of 8 databases with fish, macroinvertebrate, or macrophyte data showed that abundance of alien taxa was associated with different stressors and pressures resulting in river degradation, and had a significant effect on native community composition. When alien species were accounted for, there was a strong negative correlation between the values of a fish index with alien richness and abundance while when alien taxa was not or only partially considered the results varied. Thus, we recommend: 1) Include specific metrics for alien species in biological quality indices. 2) Increase the investigation of alien taxa of small organisms (e.g. diatoms, small benthic invertebrates). 3) Eliminate sites with confirmed biological invasions for use as reference sites. 4) Remove alien from calculations of total richness and diversity. 5) Identify to the species level in biomonitoring programs. 6) Avoid legislation and management that protect alien species. 7) Encourage behaviors that prevent alien invasions of aquatic biota.
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spellingShingle The impacts of alien species on river bioassessment.
Feio, Maria João
da Silva, Janine P
Hughes, Robert M
Aguiar, Francisca C
Alves, Carlos B M
Birk, Sebastian
Callisto, Marcos
Linares, Marden S
Macedo, Diego R
Pompeu, Paulo S
Robinson, Wayne
Schürings, Christian
Almeida, Salomé F P
Anastácio, Pedro M
Arimoro, Francis O
Baek, Min Jeong
Calderón, Mirian
Chen, Kai
Goethals, Peter
Forio, Marie Anne E
Harding, Jon S
Kefford, Ben J
Kelly, Martyn G
Keke, Unique N
Lintermans, Mark
Martins, Renato T
Mori, Terutaka
Nakamura, Keigo
Odume, Oghenekaro N
Ribeiro, Filipe
Ruaro, Renata
Serra, Sónia Rq
Shah, Deep Narayan
Sueyoshi, Masanao
Tachamo-Shah, Ram Devi
Rivers
Animals
Fishes
Introduced Species
Ecosystem
Invertebrates
Biodiversity
Environmental Monitoring
Diatoms
The impacts of alien species on river bioassessment. Feio, Maria João da Silva, Janine P Hughes, Robert M Aguiar, Francisca C Alves, Carlos B M Birk, Sebastian Callisto, Marcos Linares, Marden S Macedo, Diego R Pompeu, Paulo S Robinson, Wayne Schürings, Christian Almeida, Salomé F P Anastácio, Pedro M Arimoro, Francis O Baek, Min Jeong Calderón, Mirian Chen, Kai Goethals, Peter Forio, Marie Anne E Harding, Jon S Kefford, Ben J Kelly, Martyn G Keke, Unique N Lintermans, Mark Martins, Renato T Mori, Terutaka Nakamura, Keigo Odume, Oghenekaro N Ribeiro, Filipe Ruaro, Renata Serra, Sónia Rq Shah, Deep Narayan Sueyoshi, Masanao Tachamo-Shah, Ram Devi Rivers Animals Fishes Introduced Species Ecosystem Invertebrates Biodiversity Environmental Monitoring Diatoms The extent of alien taxa impacts on river ecosystem health is unclear, but their frequency continues to rise. We investigated 1) the prevalence of including alien taxa in common bioindicators used in river bioassessment, 2) the effect of alien taxa on the richness and abundance of natives, and 3) whether including alien taxa in bioassessment tools increased their sensitivity to river degradation. In the 17 countries analyzed fish represented the greatest number of alien species (1726), followed by macrophytes (925), macroinvertebrates (556), and diatoms (7). Yet, alien species are only distinguished from natives in some fish and macrophyte indices. In addition, the analyses of 8 databases with fish, macroinvertebrate, or macrophyte data showed that abundance of alien taxa was associated with different stressors and pressures resulting in river degradation, and had a significant effect on native community composition. When alien species were accounted for, there was a strong negative correlation between the values of a fish index with alien richness and abundance while when alien taxa was not or only partially considered the results varied. Thus, we recommend: 1) Include specific metrics for alien species in biological quality indices. 2) Increase the investigation of alien taxa of small organisms (e.g. diatoms, small benthic invertebrates). 3) Eliminate sites with confirmed biological invasions for use as reference sites. 4) Remove alien from calculations of total richness and diversity. 5) Identify to the species level in biomonitoring programs. 6) Avoid legislation and management that protect alien species. 7) Encourage behaviors that prevent alien invasions of aquatic biota.
title The impacts of alien species on river bioassessment.
topic Rivers
Animals
Fishes
Introduced Species
Ecosystem
Invertebrates
Biodiversity
Environmental Monitoring
Diatoms
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39778351/