Macroinvertebrates As Bioindicators of Water Pollution in Streams Draining Dairy Farming Catchments |
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Authors: | P S Hooda M Moynagh I F Svoboda A Miller |
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Institution: |
a Scottish Agricultural College, Ayr, UK
b School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK |
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Abstract: | Runoff from intensive dairy farming systems can impair the quality of catchment waters, with potential ecological and human health implications. A water quality study was carried out in three streams in a predominantly dairy farming region, with the aim of assessing the effects of diffused- and point-sourced inputs on a number of water quality parameters and benthic macroinvertebrates. the results showed significant increases in streamwater biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), ammonium-nitrogen (NH4-N) and molybdate reactive phosphorus (MRP) concentrations between the farm reaches. These changes in water quality appeared to be due largely to the point-sourced inputs from farmyards, and had a significant effect on the ability of the water to support a healthy and diverse community of invertebrates. the results also showed that concentrations of dissolved oxygen (DO) and ammonium in streamwater were the two most important parameters studied that were inversely related to the invertebrate scores. |
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Keywords: | Farm pollution water quality ammonium-nitrogen biochemical oxygen demand dissolved oxygen benthic invertebrates |
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