Sampling Techniques Affect Mayfly Nymph Community Indices and May Bias Bioassessments

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Wydane w:Insects vol. 16, no. 7 (2025), p. 723-736
1. autor: Yanai Zohar
Kolejni autorzy: Dorchin Netta
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100 1 |a Yanai Zohar  |u The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel 
245 1 |a Sampling Techniques Affect Mayfly Nymph Community Indices and May Bias Bioassessments 
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520 3 |a Mayfly nymphs are reliable indicators of aquatic habitat quality, and whilst their presence and relative abundance are often used in bioassessment schemes, it is important to recognise that these attributes are affected by the sampling method employed. To test these effects, we sampled stream habitats for mayflies using two commonly used techniques in a standardised setup: aquatic sweep nets and manual collection from stones. These methods resulted in different success rates in detecting certain taxa depending on their biological traits (preferred microhabitat and locomotion type). Whilst species lists generally overlapped between the two methods, they yielded different values of total abundance, taxon richness, Shannon–Wiener’s diversity index, assemblage saprobic index, and general community structure. These results suggest that reliance on a single collection method is prone to yield only partial information for ecological assessments and emphasises the importance of employing a sampling technique that is appropriate for the study question and goals or combining more than one method. Based on these findings, we outline the scientific justifications for using each sampling method. 
653 |a Habitats 
653 |a Community structure 
653 |a Bias 
653 |a Freshwater environments 
653 |a Sampling techniques 
653 |a Biological effects 
653 |a Collection 
653 |a Locomotion 
653 |a Invertebrates 
653 |a Water quality 
653 |a Sampling 
653 |a Ethanol 
653 |a Aquatic habitats 
653 |a Ecology 
653 |a Environmental quality 
653 |a Sampling methods 
653 |a Stone 
653 |a Aquatic insects 
653 |a Relative abundance 
653 |a Methods 
653 |a Microenvironments 
653 |a Microhabitats 
653 |a Taxa 
653 |a Environmental 
700 1 |a Dorchin Netta  |u The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel 
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