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Biomonitoring as a potential tool for water quality in tilapia culture: a case study of Baixa Mogiana region of São Paulo State, Brazil

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The objectives of this study were to test an artificial substrate sampler method for aquaculture ponds and assess the water quality based on the benthic macroinvertebrate community living in fishpond sediment at four farms with tilapia production in the Baixa Mogiana region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Benthic macroinvertebrates were monitored every 15 days for 3 months. Approximately 500,000 organisms distributed in 47 taxa were collected. Chironomidae, Glossiphonidae, Hirudinidae, Libelullidae, Oligochaeta, and Polycentropodidae were present in all collected samples, with the dominance of Chironomidae in the benthic community. Polycentropodidae, a sensitive family to organic pollution, had a greater abundance in fish farms with better environmental conditions. Significant differences in dissolved oxygen and pH were observed among fishponds at different fish farms. Biomonitoring with artificial substrate is a simple and low-cost alternative to monitoring water quality of tilapia culture in fishponds. The artificial substrate sampling method was effective, but the evaluation of more critical conditions of water quality would improve the method and enhance the knowledge of taxa and ecology of macrobenthic organisms in fishponds.

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The authors are grateful to ASPI (Associação Paulista de Piscicultores) for support at all stages of the project, and to the technical staff of Laboratory of Aquatic Ecosystems of Embrapa Environment.

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Appendix

Appendix

Taxa list and mean abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates at fish farms.

Taxa

Fish farm

A

B

C

D

Ampullaridae

0.000

0.000

0.628

0.011

Baetidae

0.000

0.011

0.011

0.011

Belostomatidae

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.011

Calamoceratidae

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.011

Ceratopogonidae

0.218

0.065

0.032

0.221

Chironomidae

1990,426

607,630

1008,202

861,042

Cladocera

6,030

0.185

0.840

0.021

Coenagrionidae

0.050

0.087

0.053

0.032

Collembola

0.000

0.000

0.021

0.000

Conchostraca

0.000

0.120

1,223

0.000

Copepoda

0.129

0.130

0.011

0.000

Corbiculidae

0.000

0.000

0.415

0.000

Corduliidae

0.089

0.000

0.074

0.011

Corixidae

0.000

0.391

0.000

0.000

Dysticidae

0.000

0.000

0.053

0.021

Elmidae

0.010

0.000

0.000

0.000

Ephemeridae

0.000

0.000

0.032

0.000

Euthyplocyidae

0.000

0.076

0.000

0.000

Gelastocoridae

0.010

0.011

0.000

0.011

Glossiphonidae

8,030

30,652

2,436

248,821

Gomphidae

0.000

0.011

0.021

0.000

Gyrinidae

0.020

0.022

0.053

0.000

Hebridae

0.000

0.000

0.021

0.000

Hidracarina

0.000

0.000

0.021

0.011

Hirudinidae

8,634

10,652

0.851

41,189

Hydrobiosidae

0.000

0.076

0.000

0.000

Hydrophilidae

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.011

Hydropsychidae

0.000

0.076

0.000

0.000

Leptoceridae

0.000

0.011

0.021

0.000

Libellulidae

0.574

0.196

0.340

0.263

Lutrochidae

0.000

0.000

0.011

0.000

Nematoda

0.059

0.011

0.000

8,926

Notonectidae

0.119

0.000

0.000

0.000

Odontoceridae

0.000

0.022

0.000

0.000

Oligochaeta

100,614

64,728

14,840

64,705

Ostracoda

0.000

0.000

0.021

0.000

Perilestidae

0.010

0.043

0.000

0.000

Philopotamidae

0.000

0.022

0.000

0.000

Piscicolidae

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.021

Polycentropodidae

0.010

16,663

0.074

0.032

Polimitarcydae

0.059

0.326

0.149

0.011

Planorbiidae

0.000

0.000

0.096

0.505

Protoneuridae

0.000

0.011

0.000

0.011

Tabanidae

0.010

0.000

0.000

0.000

Tipulidae

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Thiaridae

0.059

0.000

8,532

8,105

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Moura e Silva, M.S.G., Losekann, M.E., Luiz, A.J.B. et al. Biomonitoring as a potential tool for water quality in tilapia culture: a case study of Baixa Mogiana region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Environ Monit Assess 194, 597 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10257-8

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