{"title":"Development and validation of a fish-based index of biotic integrity for assessing the ecological health of Indian Rivers Mahanadi and Kathajodi-Devi","authors":"A.M. Sajina, Deepa Sudheesan, Srikanta Samanta, Samir Kumar Paul, Sanjay Bhowmick, Subir Kumar Nag, Vikas Kumar, Basanta Kumar Das","doi":"10.14321/aehm.025.02.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14321/aehm.025.02.25","url":null,"abstract":"India has a vast network of 14 major rivers and their tributaries, covering 83% of the drainage basin and accounting for 85% of the surface flow. Anthropogenic activities like damming, channel modification, water abstraction, sewage and effluent disposal, sand mining, unthoughtful exploitation of biotic resources, etc. are the major threats faced by the rivers in the country. Monitoring protocol of Indian rivers lacks an integrated approach based on judicious use of both abiotic and biotic components as well as a total lack of consideration for ecological health. Index of Biotic Integrity is a flexible multimetric index that can be modified and adapted to the various zoogeographic regions of the world. A fish-based multi-metric IBI was developed by modifying and incorporating metrics that are sensitive to the various ecological stressors faced by Indian rivers, fishes being excellent indicators of river health. The adapted IBI was validated and used to assess ecological health of two rivers—Mahanadi, and its distributary Kathajodi-Devi—flowing through central-eastern India. The study indicated that in River Mahanadi, around 25% of the freshwater river stretch was slightly impaired and the remaining 75% stretch was moderately impaired. In Kathajodi-Devi, most of the river stretches were in a moderately impaired condition, except at Italnga stretch where the river was severely impaired. The Index of Biotic Integrity scores estimated could reflect the ecological health of the rivers. The study shows that use of Index of Biotic Integrity is a useful and reliable approach to assess the health conditions of Indian aquatic resources warranting initiatives to be taken to implement and incorporate it into the country's water resource management.","PeriodicalId":8125,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management","volume":"58 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138519913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selection of Dr. Joe Leach’s pioneering publications on exotic species (Zebra Mussels) in the Great Lakes from 1991 to 1999","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/14634988.2020.1787654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2020.1787654","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8125,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14634988.2020.1787654","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45729922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dr. Joe Leach’s pioneering influence on North America’s Great Lakes and biological invasions","authors":"E. Mills","doi":"10.1080/14634988.2020.1787645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2020.1787645","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8125,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14634988.2020.1787645","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44009364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mohi Munawar, chief editor conferred with the prestigious Jack Vallentyne outreach award by International Great Lakes Association, Brockport, NY, June, 2019.","authors":"M. Knaap","doi":"10.1080/14634988.2020.1746567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2020.1746567","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8125,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14634988.2020.1746567","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59838661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to learn to stop worrying and love environmental DNA monitoring.","authors":"John A Darling","doi":"10.1080/14634988.2019.1682912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2019.1682912","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Environmental DNA is one of the most promising new tools in the aquatic biodiversity monitoring toolkit, with particular appeal for applications requiring assessment of target taxa at very low population densities. And yet there persists considerable anxiety within the management community regarding the appropriateness of environmental DNA monitoring for certain tasks and the degree to which environmental DNA methods can deliver information relevant to management needs. This brief perspective piece is an attempt to address that anxiety by offering some advice on how end-users might best approach these new technologies. I do not here review recent developments in environmental DNA science, but rather I explore ways in which managers and decision-makers might become more comfortable adopting environmental DNA tools-or choosing not to adopt them, should circumstances so dictate. I attempt to contextualize the central challenges associated with acceptance of environmental DNA detection by contrasting them with traditional \"catch-and-look\" approaches to biodiversity monitoring. These considerations lead me to recommend the cultivation of four \"virtues,\" attitudes that can be brought into engagement with environmental DNA surveillance technologies that I hope will increase the likelihood that those engagements will be positive and that the future development and application of environmental DNA tools will further the cause of wise management.</p>","PeriodicalId":8125,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management","volume":"22 4","pages":"440-451"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14634988.2019.1682912","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38752456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Alam, N. K. Chadha, S. Chakraborty, K. D. Joshi, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Shyamal Chnadra Sukla Das, S. D. Roy, A. Rizvi, P. B. Sawant, J. Kumar
{"title":"Studies on the growth and mortality of invasive Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in sub-tropical river Yamuna, part of Gangetic River system, India","authors":"A. Alam, N. K. Chadha, S. Chakraborty, K. D. Joshi, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Shyamal Chnadra Sukla Das, S. D. Roy, A. Rizvi, P. B. Sawant, J. Kumar","doi":"10.1080/14634988.2019.1690926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2019.1690926","url":null,"abstract":"Growth parameters, mortality, growth performance index and exploitation ratio of Oreochromis niloticus were assessed based on the length-frequency data collected fortnightly from the Allahabad stre...","PeriodicalId":8125,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"473-480"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14634988.2019.1690926","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49183854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thierry Philip, Sakari Karjalainen, Francesco De Lorenzo, Kathi Apostolidis, Claudio Lombardo, Mef Nilbert, Denis Lacombe, Philip Poortmans, Tit Albreht, Pamela Kearns, Gilles Vassal
{"title":"What could be a cancer mission objective if we join our forces in the fight against cancer?","authors":"Thierry Philip, Sakari Karjalainen, Francesco De Lorenzo, Kathi Apostolidis, Claudio Lombardo, Mef Nilbert, Denis Lacombe, Philip Poortmans, Tit Albreht, Pamela Kearns, Gilles Vassal","doi":"10.1177/0300891619886351","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0300891619886351","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The European cancer burden is growing rapidly, with an estimated 2 million deaths a year according to the latest research. As almost half of cancers are diagnosed after the age of 65, and considering the aging European population, a tidal wave of cancer cases will sweep across Europe within the coming decades. Without major action, the additional number of annual cancer cases is expected to rise from 4.2 million to 5.2 million by 2040. If we are to reach plateauing numbers by 2040 (as a minimum goal), this would require 0.75% annual reduction in risk and 1% reduction in risk of death. These challenges call for attack from various angles, coordinated efforts, rational strategies, initiatives throughout the cancer trajectory, activities to reduce inequities, and implementation of evidence-based measures. In order to defeat the societal challenges of cancer through innovation, Europe will need to join forces and connect the European Commission and the member states, politicians and citizens, industries and patient associations. A cancer mission should thus unite the public and patient viewpoint to the perspective of cancer professionals. The authors describe a plan that has been agreed upon among some of the major European Cancer organizations and associations. This plan uses a cancer mission as a tool and must deliver robust medical evidence to patients and doctors through high-quality research delivering sustainable and affordable strategies for prevention, treatment, and follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":8125,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management","volume":"15 1","pages":"447-455"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6952939/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81859530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yibo Wang, Yanyu Sun, Caixia Wang, Weiwei Chen, Xiaoke Hu
{"title":"Net-phytoplankton community structure and its environmental correlations in central Bohai Sea and the Bohai Strait","authors":"Yibo Wang, Yanyu Sun, Caixia Wang, Weiwei Chen, Xiaoke Hu","doi":"10.1080/14634988.2019.1693223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2019.1693223","url":null,"abstract":"Phytoplankton is an important indicator of, and responder to, environmental changes. This study aims to reveal the response of a phytoplankton community to environmental changes, especially the lev...","PeriodicalId":8125,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14634988.2019.1693223","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49374575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Xiong, J. Tao, Chunlong Liu, Yangyang Liang, Heying Sun, Kang Chen, Yu-Yao Cheng, Yifeng Chen
{"title":"Invasive aquatic plant (Alternanthera philoxeroides) facilitates the invasion of western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) in Yangtze River, China","authors":"W. Xiong, J. Tao, Chunlong Liu, Yangyang Liang, Heying Sun, Kang Chen, Yu-Yao Cheng, Yifeng Chen","doi":"10.1080/14634988.2019.1700090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2019.1700090","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated the seasonal habitat selection of Mosquitofish to increase our understanding of the ecology and invasiveness of this species. Sampling was conducted during the reproductive and non-...","PeriodicalId":8125,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"408-416"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14634988.2019.1700090","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46299463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}