Rapid Biological Assessment in Lotic Habitats of Lao People's Democratic Republic using Thai’s Benthic Macroinvertebrate Multimetric Index (Thai MMI)

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Published: Jun 12, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14456/kkuscij.2023.8
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Biological Tool Freshwater Quality Assessment Lao PDR

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Jutamas Sripanya
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University
Chanda Vongsombath
Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Vientiane Capital, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Viengkhone Vannachak
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University
Kaewpawika Rattanachan
Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Bangkok
Chutima Hanjavanit
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University
Narumon Sangpradub
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to test the benthic macroinvertebrate multimetric index which developed in Thailand (Thai MMI) to assess quality of streams and wadeable rivers in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The results show that the original Thai MMI was unable to discriminate between reference sites and stressed sites. The Thai MMI was adjusted for both the 12 core metric scores and the evaluation criteria by using benthic macroinvertebrate data from Lao PDR. The adjusted index was called Thai MMILao. The Thai MMILao had assessed the quality of streams and wadeable rivers into 4 classes and the assessment results agreed with the Lao MMI. This study indicates that the 12 core metrics of Thai MMI have potential to assess the quality of water body in other neighboring countries after adjusting the index using benthic macroinvertebrate data from one's own country

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Sripanya, J., Vongsombath, C., Vannachak, V., Rattanachan, K., Hanjavanit, C., & Sangpradub, N. (2023). Rapid Biological Assessment in Lotic Habitats of Lao People’s Democratic Republic using Thai’s Benthic Macroinvertebrate Multimetric Index (Thai MMI). KKU Science Journal, 51(2), 78–90. https://doi.org/10.14456/kkuscij.2023.8
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Author Biographies

Viengkhone Vannachak, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University

Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Vientiane Capital, 7322, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Narumon Sangpradub, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University

Center of Excellence on Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University

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