BiomonitoringofriversintheGreaterMekong

MK23-MK24-MK25-TAF

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BUGBINGO

Sessionoutline•  Welcome-RobynJohnston•  Introduc@ontoaqua@cinvertebratemonitoring•  BugBingo!-AmyCox

•  Presenta@onsonmonitoringprograms– MRCMekong-SupatraDavison–  NamOu-Peter-JohnMeynell–  LaoPDR-SythonPhetdaoheuangandDerinHenderson–  Songkhram-VictorShinde

•  Discussionandwayforward(mod.byTonyaSchuetz)ShorttechnicaldiscussiononStateofknowledgepaper

MyanmarHealthyRiversIni=a=ve(MHRI)

2015-2017Riversforlifeandlivelihoods:

classifica=onofriverhealthintheAyeyarwadyandSalweenRiverBasin

MK23-MK24

Biomonitoring

UsingthebiologicalaYributesofawaterbodytoassessitscondi@onReflectssystem"memory"

Aqua=cmacro-invertebratesAssemblagesusedtoderiveindexofcondi@on•  types•  diversity•  number

sensi@vitytodisturbancecomparisontoreferencesiteorcondi@on

ProsandCons•  common,diverse,abundant•  easytocollectandiden@fy,

donotrequirelabanalysis

•  affecteddifferentlybyavarietyofdisturbances

•  indicatepastaswellaspresentcondi@ons

•  protocolscan'tbetransferredbetweenregionswithoutlocaltes@ngandvalida@on

•  notalwaysclearwhichdriversareresponsiblechange

•  spa@alandtemporalvariabilityinassemblages(wetvsdryseason)

Impactassessment/pollu@oneffects

Ecologicalstatusandtrends-riverhealth

Seangtargetsandenvironmentalflow

Compliancewithagreements/licence

Ci=zenscience

GreenWorldFounda@onThailand

EnvironmentalDetec@ves

Goodsamplingsites

Oursamplingsites

BugBingo

AmyCox

Instruc=ons

1.  Iden@fythebugsinyoursampleusingthekeyprovided

2.  Fillinthescoresheetandcalculateyourriverhealthscore

3.  Classifyyourrivercondi@onasgood,fair,orpoor

10minutes

Thankyou

RobynJohnstonTeamleaderSalweenR.Johnston@cgiar.org

RoryHunterTeamleaderAyeyarwadyrory.hunter@icem.com.au

Riverhealth

MurrayDarlingBasinSustainableRiversAudit