Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica

The aquatic insects have been used to evaluate water quality of aquatic environments.The population of aquatic insects and the water quality of the area were characterized according to the natural and human alterations present in the study site. During the monthly-survey, pH, DO, temperature, water...

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Main Author:	Guevara Mora, Meyer
Format:	Online
Language:	spa
Published:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2011
Online Access:	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3129

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spelling	RBT31292022-06-06T18:56:43Z Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica Guevara Mora, Meyer water quality BMWP-CR aquatic insects Peñas Blancas river flow events dams calidad del agua insectos acuáticos río Peñas Blancas crecidas del río represas Theaquatic insects have been used to evaluate water quality of aquatic environments.The population of aquatic insects and the water quality of the area were characterized according to the natural and human alterations present in the study site. During the monthly-survey, pH, DO, temperature, water level, DBO, PO4 and NO3 were measured. Biological indexes (abundance, species richness and the BMWP-CR) were used to evaluate the water quality. No relation between environmental and aquatic insects was detected. Temporal and spatial differences attributed to the flow events (temporal) and the presence of Peñas Blancas reservoir (spatial). In the future, the investigations in Peñas Blancas watershed need to be focused on determining the real influence of the flows, sediment release and the possible water quality degradation because of agriculture activities. The aquatic insects have been used to evaluate water quality of aquatic environments.The population of aquatic insects and the water quality of the area were characterized according to the natural and human alterations present in the study site. During the monthly-survey, pH, DO, temperature, water level, DBO, PO4 and NO3 were measured. Biological indexes (abundance, species richness and the BMWP-CR) were used to evaluate the water quality. No relation between environmental and aquatic insects was detected. Temporal and spatial differences attributed to the flow events (temporal) and the presence of Peñas Blancas reservoir (spatial). In the future, the investigations in Peñas Blancas watershed need to be focused on determining the real influence of the flows, sediment release and the possible water quality degradation because of agriculture activities. Universidad de Costa Rica 2011-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Text application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3129 10.15517/rbt.v0i0.3129 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 59 No. 2 (2011): Volume 59 – Regular number 2 – June 2011; 635–654 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 59 Núm. 2 (2011): Volumen 59 – Número regular 2 – Junio 2011; 635–654 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 59 N.º 2 (2011): Volume 59 – Regular number 2 – June 2011; 635–654 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v0i0 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3129/3036 Copyright (c) 2011 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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description	The aquatic insects have been used to evaluate water quality of aquatic environments.The population of aquatic insects and the water quality of the area were characterized according to the natural and human alterations present in the study site. During the monthly-survey, pH, DO, temperature, water level, DBO, PO4 and NO3 were measured. Biological indexes (abundance, species richness and the BMWP-CR) were used to evaluate the water quality. No relation between environmental and aquatic insects was detected. Temporal and spatial differences attributed to the flow events (temporal) and the presence of Peñas Blancas reservoir (spatial). In the future, the investigations in Peñas Blancas watershed need to be focused on determining the real influence of the flows, sediment release and the possible water quality degradation because of agriculture activities.
title	Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
title_short	Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
title_full	Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
title_fullStr	Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
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title_alt	Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica
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Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica

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