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Título : Effect of ecological group classification schemes on performance of the AMBI benthic index in US coastal waters
Autor : Gillett, David J.; Weisberg, Stephan B.; Grayson, Treda; Hansen, Virginia; Leppo, Erik W.; Pelletier, Marguerite C.; Borja, Angel; Cadien, Donald; Dauer, Daniel; Dutch, Margaret; Hyland, Jeffrey L.; Kellogg, Michael; Larsen, Peter F.; Levinton, Jeffrey S.; Llanso, Roberto; Lovell, Lawrence L.; Montagna, Paul A.; Pasko, Dean; Rakocinski, Chet; Ranasinghe, J. Ananda; Teixeira, Heliana; Van Dolah, Robert F.; Welch, Kathy I.; Diaz, Robert; Hamilton, Anna; Phillips, Charles A.; Sanger, Denise M.; Velarde, Ronald G.
Citación : ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 2015, 50, 99-107
Resumen : The AZTI Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) requires less geographically-specific calibration than other benthic indices, but has not performed as well in US coastal waters as it has in the European waters for which it was originally developed. Here we examine the extent of improvement in index performance when the Ecological Group (EG) classifications on which AMBI is based are derived using local expertise. Twenty-three US benthic experts developed EG scores for each of three regions in the United States, as well as for the US as a whole. Index performance was then compared using: (1) EG scores specific to a region, (2) national EG scores, (3) national EG scores supplemented with standard international EG scores for taxa that the US experts were not able to make assignments, and (4) standard international EG scores. Performance of each scheme was evaluated by diagnosis of condition at pre-defined good/bad sites, concordance with existing local benthic indices, and independence from natural environmental gradients. The AMBI performed best when using the national EG assignments augmented with standard international EG values. The AMBI using this hybrid EG scheme performed well in differentiating apriori good and bad sites (>80\% correct classification rate) and AMBI scores were both concordant and correlated (r(s) = 0.4-0.7) with those of existing local indices. Nearly all of the results suggest that assigning the EG values in the framework of local biogeographic conditions produced a better-performing version of AMBI. The improved index performance, however, was tempered with apparent biases in score distribution. The AMBI, regardless of EG scheme, tended to compress ratings away from the extremes and toward the moderate condition and there was a bias with salinity, where high quality sites received increasingly poorer condition scores with decreasing salinity. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Palabras clave : Macrobenthos; Assessment index; Tolerance values; Best professional judgement; Biogeographic variation; MARINE-BIOTIC-INDEX; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; INFAUNAL COMMUNITIES; HABITAT QUALITY; UNITED-STATES; ESTUARINE; INTEGRITY; SEDIMENTS; STRESS
Fecha de publicación : 2015
Editorial : ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Tipo de documento: Article
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.11.005
URI : http://dspace.azti.es/handle/24689/273
ISSN : 1470-160X
E-ISSN: 1872-7034
Patrocinador: California State Water Board
US EPA Office of Water
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