Assessing good environmental status through mesozooplankton biodiversity: a step forward.

ABSTRACT: We developed a zooplankton-based water-quality evaluating method using indices of alpha diversity. Two key objectives were set: (i) the comparison of two-different quality-samples from different areas, and the verification of their differentiation, based on mesozooplankton biodiversity indices; and (ii) the development of a methodology, which was able to assess the quality of new marine water samples. Our analysis was based on a 24-year-long in situ dataset (1987-2010) of 139 samples in which 86 mesozooplankton taxa were identified. High-diversity and high evenness values were reported in the case of the "good" status sample, while low diversity, low evenness and high dominance values occurred at the lower quality one. A linear discriminant analysis (LDA) was conducted that discrimi

SUBMITTER: Theodorou I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11233992 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature