Inferring community properties of benthic macroinvertebrates in streams using Shannon index and exergy
Inferring community properties of benthic macroinvertebrates in streams using Shannon index and exergy
Tuyen Van NGUYEN1,2, Woon-Seok CHO2, Hungsoo KIM1,3, Il Hyo JUNG1, YongKuk KIM4, Tae-Soo CHON2()
1. Department of Mathematics, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea; 2. Department of Biological Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea; 3. DSPENALO National Robotics Research Center, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea; 4. Department of Mathematics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
Definition of ecological integrity based on community analysis has long been a critical issue in risk assessment for sustainable ecosystem management. In this work, two indices (i.e., Shannon index and exergy) were selected for the analysis of community properties of benthic macroinvertebrate community in streams in Korea. For this purpose, the means and variances of both indices were analyzed. The results found an extra scope of structural and functional properties in communities in response to environmental variabilities and anthropogenic disturbances. The combination of these two parameters (four indices) was feasible in identification of disturbance agents (e.g., industrial pollution or organic pollution) and specifying states of communities. The four-aforementioned parameters (means and variances of Shannon index and exergy) were further used as input data in a self-organizing map for the characterization of water quality. Our results suggested that Shannon index and exergy in combination could be utilized as a suitable reference system and would be an efficient tool for assessment of the health of aquatic ecosystems exposed to environmental disturbances.
. Inferring community properties of benthic macroinvertebrates in streams using Shannon index and exergy[J]. Frontiers of Earth Science, 2014, 8(1): 44-57.
Tuyen Van NGUYEN, Woon-Seok CHO, Hungsoo KIM, Il Hyo JUNG, YongKuk KIM, Tae-Soo CHON. Inferring community properties of benthic macroinvertebrates in streams using Shannon index and exergy. Front Earth Sci, 2014, 8(1): 44-57.
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