The Journal of
the Korean Society on Water Environment

The Journal of
the Korean Society on Water Environment

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Title Development of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Streambed Index (BMSI) for Bioassessment of Stream Physical Habitat
Authors 공동수 ( Dongsoo Kong ) ; 김진영 ( Jin Young Kim )
DOI https://doi.org/10.15681/KSWE.2016.32.1.1
Page pp.1-14
ISSN 2289-0971
Keywords Benthic macroinvertebrates; BMSI; Physical habitat; Streambed; Substratum
Abstract This study was conducted to develop a Benthic macroinvertebrates streambed index (BMSI) based on the response of the community to the substrate type of streambed. Analyzing the seasonal (Spring and Fall) data (11,367 sampling units) surveyed and collected during 2008~2014 at 960 sites in South Korea, we estimated the lithophility of 191 taxa. BMSI was composed of the lithophilic value, indicator weight value and individual abundance frequency. It showed an extremely significant correlation (r = -0.8, p<0.001) with the mean grain size (in phi-value) of the streambed.
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