Applicability of the ‘Watershed Habitat Evaluation and Stream Integrity Protocol’ (WHEBIP) in assessment of the stream integrity in Bregalnica River Basin
| Autor: | Vasko Avukatov, Valentina Slavevska-Stamenković, Daniela Jovanovska, Slavcho Hristovski, Ljupcho Melovski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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geography
Watershed geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences 0208 environmental biotechnology Drainage basin 02 engineering and technology STREAMS Structural basin Integrity assessment 01 natural sciences 020801 environmental engineering Watershed management Habitat Environmental science Water resource management Protocol (object-oriented programming) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology |
| ISSN: | 1571-5124 |
| DOI: | 10.6084/m9.figshare.7301918 |
| Popis: | This paper reports the assessment of ecological integrity of streams in Bregalnica\ud River Basin with emphasis on river Bregalnica as the biggest and most important\ud watercourse in Eastern Macedonia. The results have principally been derived from\ud remote sensing data and set up in a model build up on Watershed Habitat Evaluation\ud and Stream Integrity Protocol (WHEBIP). WHEBIP effectiveness in predicting\ud ecological integrity of streams has been assessed by correlation analyses derived\ud upon data on macroinvertebrate biotic indices and physico-chemical parameters on\ud 35 localities throughout the basin. The statistical analyses confirmed the capacity of\ud WHEBIP to predict stream site-specific features with great accuracy in case of\ud Bregalnica.\ud The results obtained in this study contribute towards improvement of the WHEBIP\ud protocol and in general promotes applicability of stream integrity assessment tools\ud in setting priorities for integrated watershed management. |
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