Multivariate correlation of water quality, sediment and benthic bio-community components in Ell-Ren river system, Taiwan
✍ Scribed by Kuang-Chung Yu; Shien-Tsong Ho; Jiunn-Kae Chang; Sheue-Duanlai Lai
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 834 KB
- Volume
- 84
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0049-6979
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✦ Synopsis
The distribution and correlation of benthic bio-community, water and sediment pollutants were evaluated with multivariate analysis from data collected over six samplings at 12 sites in the Ell-Ren fiver system, Taiwan. A total of 41 benthic algae species, 8 aquatic insect species and 2 annelid species were collected. On the basis of both principal component and correlation matrix analyses, we defined six water and sediment pollutant components to reveal common behaviour. Metrioenemus sp,, Tubifex sp., Bacillariophyceae and Cyanophyceae could tolerate the environment at highly polluted sites. Caenis sp., Rhithrogena sp. and Baetis sp. preferred sites that were aerobic, and their populations were negatively correlated (52-56%) with detrital heavy metals in sediment. The population of benthic algae was positively variated with lead of the "bound to organic matters and sulphides" fraction, but negatively with copper in the detrital pattern. Results suggested that benthic bio-community demonstrated measurable relationships with water and sediment pollutants in Ell-Ren river system, and could be used as indicators to assess the water quality of fiver over a longer period.