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A new method to assess water trophy and organic pollution – the Macrophyte Biological Index for Rivers (IBMR): its application to different types of river and pollution

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The paper presents a new index for assessing water trophy and organic pollution. It is based on only true aquatic macrophytes – being calculated on species score, coefficient of ecological amplitude and degree of cover. The method was tested in an acidic lowland river and an alkaline mountain river, and is shown to be validated by bio-indication scales based on macrophyte communities. The practical interest is discussed regarding the Water Framework Directive.

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  1. Agrocampus Rennes, UMR INRA – Agrocampus Ecobiologie et Qualité des Hydrosystèmes continentaux, 65, rue de Saint Brieuc, CS 84215, F35042, Rennes cedex, France

    J. Haury & I. Bernez

  2. Université de Metz – UFR SciFA Phytoécologie, Avenue Général Delestraint, F57070, Metz cedex 01, France

    M. -C. Peltre, G. Thiébaut & S. Muller

  3. Univ. Louis Pasteur, CEVH, Institut de Botanique, 28 rue Goethe, F67083, Strasbourg cedex, France

    M. Trémolières & G. Haan-Archipof

  4. Cemagref, Biologie des Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, 3 bis quai Chauveau, CP 220, F69336, Lyon cedex 09, France

    J. Barbe

  5. Forestry Dpt – Inst. Sup. de Agronomia, Univ. Tech. Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisboa Codex, Portugal

    I. Bernez

  6. Institut National d’Horticulture, UMR SAGAH INH/INRA/Univ. Angers, 2, rue Le Nôtre, F49045, Angers Cedex 01, France

    H. Daniel

  7. Pharmacie Botanique et Cryptogamie, Univ. de Limoges, 2 rue du Docteur Marcland, F87025, Limoges Cedex, France

    P. Chatenet

  8. Cemagref, Qualité des Eaux, 50 Av. Verdun, B.P. 3, F33612, Cestas, France

    A. Dutartre & C. Laplace-Treyture

  9. Univ. d’Aix-Marseille 3, Ecologie des Eaux Continentales Méditerranéennes, Av. Escadrille Normandie Niemen, Case 331, F13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France

    A. Cazaubon

  10. Univ. Cath. Ouest, CEREA- B.P. 808, F49008, Angers Cedex 01, France

    E. Lambert-Servien

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Haury, J., Peltre, M.C., Trémolières, M. et al. A new method to assess water trophy and organic pollution – the Macrophyte Biological Index for Rivers (IBMR): its application to different types of river and pollution. Hydrobiologia 570, 153–158 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0175-3

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