Importance of headwater streams conservation as a source of biodiversity: Lía river (Santa Juana, Biobío region, Chile)

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Published: Nov 29, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.1797
Keywords:
bioindicators, biological quality, hydromorphology, macroinvertebrate, richness

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Maria Soria
<p>(1) Freshwater and Ecology Management (FEM) Research Group, Dept. Biología Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Secció Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.</p> <p>(2) Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.</p>
María Elisa Díaz
<p>Laboratorio de Limnología y Recursos Hídricos. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Católica de Temuco, Rudecindo Ortega 02950, Temuco, Chile</p>
Manuel Beltrán
<p>Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro Investigación EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile.</p>
Ricardo Figueroa
<p>Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro Investigación EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile.</p>

Abstract

Soria, M., Díaz, M.E., Beltrán, M., Figueroa, R. 2019. Importance of headwater streams conservation as a source of biodiversity: Lía river (Santa Juana, Biobío region, Chile). Ecosistemas 28(3):208-212. Doi.: 10.7818/ECOS.1797


Mediterranean rivers are one of the most threatened ecosystems worldwide. In Chile, there have been efforts to understand and protect these ecosystems, but there are still many uncharacterized rivers. The aim of this study was to characterize the biological, physicochemical and hydromorphological quality of Lía river. Results showed that biodiversity, as well as water and forest quality, was better in the headstream. Thus, to improve the maintenance of these ecosystems, conservation measures should be proposed for the headstream area of the Lía river.

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Soria, M., Díaz, M. E., Beltrán, M., & Figueroa, R. (2019). Importance of headwater streams conservation as a source of biodiversity: Lía river (Santa Juana, Biobío region, Chile). Ecosistemas, 28(3), 208–212. https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.1797
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Vol. 28 No. 3 (2019): Redes tróficas en sistemas agrarios
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Brief communications