A review of existing fish assemblage indicators and methodologies

By N. Roset, G. Grenouillet, D. Goffaux, D. Pont, P. Kestemont. 2007

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Fish assemblage indicators developed throughout the world were reviewed and key differences in methodologies depending on ecoregions, basins and contrasting fish fauna summarised. Common elements of existing Indices of Integrity were identified to support the development of a European-wide fish index. These include, using reference condition, accounting for natural fish assemblage variability, evaluating metric precision and selecting the most sensitive and complementary metrics. For future developments, it was recommended to pay more attention to temporal variability in fish assemblages, age structure of key (sentinel) species and fish migration. Testing hypotheses at different steps of the process seems to be the appropriate way to design fish indices.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Aquatic Science

1. I. Cowx
2. Alain J. Crivelli
3. P. Taberlet
4. N. Frutto Poulet
5. A. Valentini
6. G. Copp
7. C. Miaud

In Global and Planetary Change

1. P. Taberlet
2. N. Frutto Poulet
3. A. Valentini
4. C. Argillier
5. E. Bellemain
6. G. Copp
7. Tony Dejean
8. C. Miaud

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. P. Taberlet
2. E. Bellemain
3. I. Cowx
4. S. Schmutz
5. G. Haidvogl
6. P. Møller
7. Eske Willerslev
8. Alain J. Crivelli

Citations in the corpus

• Next‐generation monitoring of aquatic biodiversity using environmental DNA metabarcoding (2016, background): “Bony fish (Teleostei) are generally less cryptic and are often used as indicators of the ecological status of rivers (Roset et al. 2007) and lakes (Argillier et al.”
• Fish‐based methods for assessing European running waters: a synthesis (2007, methodology): “Although IBIs have been developed worldwide ( Roset, Grenouillet, Goffaux, Pont & Kestemont 2007 ), appropriate delineation of regions or river types is a major issue in developing regional IBIs (Strange 1998) because of large-scale natural variability in fish com-”