Assessing the Quality of Amazon Aquatic Ecosystems with Multiple Lines of Evidence: The Case of the Northeast Andean Foothills of Ecuador

Assessing the Quality of Amazon Aquatic Ecosystems with Multiple Lines of Evidence: The Case of the Northeast Andean Foothills of Ecuador

We assessed the quality of Andes-Amazonia streams in Ecuador impacted by gold mining (GM), discharges from inefficient sewage network in urban areas (UA), wastes from fish farming (FF) and from non-functional landfill (LF) and other few threats (FT). We selected three lines of evidence (LOE) that we...

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Main Author: Galarza Naranjo, Emily Roxana (author)
Other Authors: Cabrera, Marcela (author), Espinosa, Rodrigo (author), Espitia Sarmiento, Edgar F. (author), Massaine Moulatlet, Gabriel (author)
Format: article
Published: 2021
Subjects:
WQI index
Phytotoxicity
Macroinvertebrate community index
Gold mining
Fish farming
Non-functional landfills
Urban contamination
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-03089-0
http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/419
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-03089-0
http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/419

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