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Gómez-Tolosa M, González-Soriano E, Mendoza-Cuenca LF, Pérez-Munguía RM, Rioja-Paradela TM, Espinoza-Medinilla EE, Ortega-Salas H, Rivera-Velázquez G, Penagos-García FE, López S. The use of highly diverse clades as a surrogate for habitat integrity analysis: Argia damselflies as a practical tool for rapid assessments. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:24334-24347. [PMID: 35099694 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18815-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Human activities have impacted many environments on earth, and thus several species are facing an increased risk of extinction. The environmental crisis requires rapid tools to assess the ecosystem health accurately. Studies have been conducted with visual indices that quantify habitat integrity by predicting species richness and diversity. However, whether a diverse clade can predict habitat integrity has not been used. The genus Argia (Rambur, 1842) is one of the most locally diverse groups in southeastern Mexico. In this context, we hypothesized that the occurrence, species richness, and diversity of adults Argia spp. could be a better predictor of the Visual-Based Habitat Assessment Score (VBHAS) than the other taxonomic levels or less diverse clades. We found that the richness and diversity of Argia spp. are positively correlated with VBHA scores, as same as taxonomic ratios. Simultaneously, VBHA scores increase to 23.51 times when Argia spp. diversity increases. We discuss the possible use of a diverse Odonata clade, as Argia spp. could surrogate habitat integrity for local long-term biomonitoring programs. This approach requires testing with other indices and verifying a reliable and consistent relationship between diverse clades and environmental assessment scores.
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Affiliation(s)
- María Gómez-Tolosa
- Maestría en Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte-Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, México, D.F, México
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- Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Avenida Francisco J. Múgica S/N, 58030, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Avenida Francisco J. Múgica S/N, 58030, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Cuerpo Académico Sustentabilidad y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
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- Cuerpo Académico Sustentabilidad y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, México, D.F, México
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- Cuerpo Académico Conservación y Biodiversidad, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte-Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
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- Cuerpo Académico Conservación y Biodiversidad, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte-Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
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- Cuerpo Académico Sustentabilidad y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México.
- Ciudad Universitaria, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, Colonia Lajas Maciel C.P., 29039, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México.
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Gómez-Tolosa M, Rivera-Velázquez G, Rioja-Paradela TM, Mendoza-Cuenca LF, Tejeda-Cruz C, López S. The use of Odonata species for environmental assessment: a meta-analysis for the Neotropical region. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:1381-1396. [PMID: 33097996 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11137-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The order Odonata has been regularly used as an indicator of the ecosystem's condition. The objective of this review was to analyze the importance of Odonata for environmental assessments (assessment types, statistical approach, life stages, and sampling method, or particular metric), summarizing the current state, the trends, and identifying related research issues in the Neotropical region. Therefore, we selected 62 articles from 2007 to 2018 based on published research to monitor Odonata assessments in the Neotropical region. We compiled a database and ran statistical analyses for the observed frequencies. We found that ecosystem health was the most frequent assessment type and quality the most used objective. In the case of statistical tests and metrics, multivariate analyses and species richness were most used in these papers. However, because there is a great diversity of habitats in this region, there is no unique monitoring protocol to assess the quality of ecosystem health and it is needed to create a proposal for a standard evaluation protocol. Consequently, guidelines for monitoring are presented, and we suggest three stages to establish a specific protocol for each site, which records the set of species most sensitive to the exchange rate evaluated, as well as the use of rarefaction methods, the index of diversity based on the area under the curve, and multivariate analysis, among other recommendations.
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Affiliation(s)
- María Gómez-Tolosa
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias en Biodiversidad y Conservación de Ecosistemas Tropicales, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte-Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México.
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte-Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
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- Cuerpo Académico Sustentabilidad y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte-Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
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- Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Avenida Francisco J. Múgica S/N, 58030, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte-Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
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- Cuerpo Académico Sustentabilidad y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte-Poniente 1150, 29018, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México.
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