Biological Monitoring Using Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators of Water Quality of Maroaga Stream in the Maroaga Cave System, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazon, Brazil

Table 2

BMWP taxa scores: class, order, or family (adapted from Alba-Tercedor, 1996 [29]).

Taxa	Score
Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae, Leptohyphidae; Plecoptera: Perlidae; Trichoptera: Brachycentridae, Leptoceridae, Odontoceridae, and Sericostomatidae	10
Odonata: Coenagrionidae, Calopterygidae, Cordulegastridae, Gomphidae, and Libellulidae; Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae, Glossosomatidade, Philopotamidae, and Psychomyiidae	8
Plecoptera: Nemouridae; Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae	7
Crustacea; Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae, Hydroptilidae	6
Coleoptera: Elmidae, Dryopidae; Diptera: Simuliidae, Tipulidae; Ephemeroptera: Euthyplociidae, Polymitarcidae; Platyhelminthes; Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae, Hydropsychidae	5
Arachnida: Hydracarina; Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, and Haliplidae; Diptera: Anthomyiidae, Ceratopogonidae, Chaoboridae, Dixidae, Dolichopodidae,; Empididae, Limoniidae, Psychodidae, Stratiomyidae, and Tabanidae; Ephemeroptera: Baetidae, Caenidae; Megaloptera: Corydalidae, Sialidae	4
Annelida: Hirudinea; Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Helodidae, Hydrophilidae, and Noteridae; Hemiptera: Belostomatidae, Corixidae, Gerridae, Hydrometridae,; Mesoveliidae, Naucoridae, Nepidae, Notonectidae, Pleidae, and Veliidae; Mollusca	3
Diptera: Chironomidae, Culicidae, Ephydridae, Muscidae, and Thaumaleidae	2
Annelida: Oligochaeta; Blattaria: Blattidae; Diptera: Sciomyzidae, Syrphidae, and Rhagionidae; Lepidoptera	1