Bibliographic citations
Vizcardo, C., (2009). Comunidad de macroinvertabrados bentónicos como bioindicadores de la calidad ambiental de los humedales de Ventanilla - Callao [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/2267
Vizcardo, C., Comunidad de macroinvertabrados bentónicos como bioindicadores de la calidad ambiental de los humedales de Ventanilla - Callao [Tesis]. : Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2009. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/2267
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title = "Comunidad de macroinvertabrados bentónicos como bioindicadores de la calidad ambiental de los humedales de Ventanilla - Callao",
author = "Vizcardo Gutiérrez, Carla Milagros",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2009"
}
Benthic macroinvertebrates are excellent indicators of ecological integrity and quality of water. From April to September 2008 a total of nine sampling stations located in three features gaps Ventanilla wetlands were done montly. The substrate was collected from each station at one a half meter from the shore using a one liter plastic container. Abiotic variables such as chemical and microbiological variables were determined like water color, depth of body of water, vegetation type and vascular type of substrate, as well as biotic variables abundance, density and number of macrobenthic species. The results shown that dissolved oxygen (OD) from April - May and nitrate had values that were below that the one recommended in the standard of quality for category four the other physicochemical parameters were in acceptable levels for the development of benthic fauna with a very slight acidity (pH 6.5) in E2 during the months of July and September. It probably may be caused by the amount of decaying plant matter which acidifies the medium while Microbiological parameters like total and fecal coliforms (September) were reported disturbance in Lagoon Mirador and lagoon Media (category 4) in the study period. There was a richness of 13 taxa for the macrobenthic community. The community ecological indices: Margalef richness (d), equity of Pielou (J ), Simpson dominance (D) and ShannonWiener diversity (H) was measured. In the analysis of ecological descriptors, the highest values of richness, diversity and dominance were presented at the station El (April), while most equity accounted E8 Station (September). ANOVA analysis was carried out, PCA, CLUSTER, SIMPER and multiple regressions to explain the behavior of environmental variables, community composition in relation to macrobenthic assemblage and its relationship to physicochemical parameters.The taxa Hydrobia sp, Melanoides tuberculata, Ephydridae and Chironomidae were pollution-tolerant organisms in the periods evaluated. The positive relationship between physicochemical parameters and diversity makes us know the change in the macrobenthic community structure in the sampling points while the relationship between the taxa tolerant and physicochemical variables shows that Hydrobia sp increases as conductivity increases. Melanoides tuberculata had a relationship with the concentration of oxygen in the water. Ephydidae had a relationship with the OD and the depth of the water column but Chironomidae was not related to any of the variables. Anthropogenic pressures are a cause for compromised the quality of wetlands. Collectors -recollectors and scrapers were trophic functional groups that indicated contamination. The low diversity values (0.04 - 2.6 bits / taxon) for the study is the result of some environmental stressors as might be the hydrological fluctuation in water bodies coupled with the pressures that was affecting the anthropic wetland, where just the Leopold Matrix when we summary proposal to evaluated ecosystem reflects the evident situation of degradation that supports Ventanilla Wetlands - Callao.
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