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
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
Instruc=ons
1. Iden@fythebugsinyoursampleusingthekeyprovided
2. Fillinthescoresheetandcalculateyourriverhealthscore
3. Classifyyourrivercondi@onasgood,fair,orpoor
10minutes
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