02388naa a2200361 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400520007410000250012624501650015126000090031630000130032552012620033865000160160065000290161665000230164565000260166865000180169465000160171265000110172865000230173965000130176265000230177565300250179865300310182365300190185470000200187370000190189370000210191270000150193377300780194821450932022-08-01       2022    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a0167-63697 ahttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10257-82DOI1 aSILVA, M. S. G. M. e  aBiomonitoring as a potential tool for water quality in tilapia cultureba case study of Baixa Mogiana region of São Paulo State, Brazil.h[electronic resource]  c2022  ap. 1-12.  aAbstract: The objectives of this study were to test an artificial substrate sampler method for aquaculture ponds and assess the water quality based on the benthic macroinvertebrate community living in fishpond sediment at four farms with tilapia production in the Baixa Mogiana region of São Paulo State, Brazil. Benthic macroinvertebrates were monitored every 15 days for 3 months. Approximately 500,000 organisms distributed in 47 taxa were collected. Chironomidae, Glossiphonidae, Hirudinidae, Libelullidae, Oligochaeta, and Polycentropodidae were present in all collected samples, with the dominance of Chironomidae in the benthic community. Polycentropodidae, a sensitive family to organic pollution, had a greater abundance in fish farms with better environmental conditions. Significant differences in dissolved oxygen and pH were observed among fishponds at different fish farms. Biomonitoring with artificial substrate is a simple and low-cost alternative to monitoring water quality of tilapia culture in fishponds. The artificial substrate sampling method was effective, but the evaluation of more critical conditions of water quality would improve the method and enhance the knowledge of taxa and ecology of macrobenthic organisms in fishponds.  aAquaculture  aEnvironmental monitoring  aMacroinvertebrates  aSustainable fisheries  aWater quality  aAquicultura  aBentos  aQualidade da Água  aTilápia  aTilápia Nilótica  aArtificial substrate  aBenthic macroinvertebrates  aSustainability1 aLOSEKANN, M. E.1 aLUIZ, A. J. B.1 aKOBAYASHI, J. T.1 aHISANO, H.  tEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessmentgv. 194, n. 9, article 597, 2022.