Database of Ecological Indicators of Freshwater Algae and Cyanobacteria

Abstract

Accumulation of ecological data on species of algae and cyanobacteria represents 9531 taxa-indicators from 18 taxonomic phyla. The most represented among the indicators is the taxonomic group of diatoms. The indicators are grouped into twelve ecological groups, which can be indicators of nine environmental parameters. The environmental characteristics for each of the indicator systems and the relationship between some of them are given. Individual abbreviations of ecological indicator groups that have been established as a result of long-term use are given. References are given to examples of the application of analysis of specific water bodies using bioindication methods, and prospects for use in monitoring and assessing water quality are shown. A specific example of using the database is given. The table of indicator taxa contains cumulative ecological data and is easy to use. This table is a living tool that can be supplemented and transformed when new information about indicator species comes.

Keywords

Algae / Ecological preferences / Bioindicators / Database

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be found at: https://www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/536, Supplement: Table S1 of indicator taxa of algae and cyanobacteria with ecological data of species preferences, Supplement file S1 with example of bioindicator analysis on the natural data.

Acknowledgments

Author thanks to Elena Cherniavsky for cordially atmosphere and technical support in the process of the material organizing. This work was partly supported by the Israeli Ministry of Aliya and Integration.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, S.B.; Methodology, S.B.; Software, S.B.; Validation, S.B.; Formal Analysis, S.B.; Investigation, S.B.; Resources, S.B.; Data Curation, S.B.; Writing—Original Draft Preparation, S.B.; Writing—Review & Editing, S.B.; Visualization, S.B.

Ethics Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

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Data Availability Statement

Materials are available upon contacting the author of the publication.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Declaration of Competing Interest

The author declares that she has no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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