JORGE, Thiago Pereira.
Abstract:
The diverse impacts on the aquatic environments caused by the different activities of social
purpose (e.g. human waste, hydropower plant construction, industrial use of substrate, among
others) have the potential to modify both composition and the dynamics middle one, this way,
the use of only one method for verification of this field becomes inadequate to address all of
the information imposed on the study on the restoration of degraded areas by human actions.
Thus, the biomonitoring, is related to an alternative approach to the complement the
traditional study by virtue of entry of new data in research, given that this option can capture
different areas not dealt in sketch unexceptional. In this sense, the aim of the present study is
to evaluate, based on a literature review, the ecological implications regarding the use of
benthic macroinvertebrates as bioindicators of pollutants originated from anthropic activities
in aquatic environments. For that purpose, methodology of this study will be based in an
exploratory and descriptive character, given that central the discussion involves the
bioindication as a supplementary tool for assessing and classifying from water quality.
Regarding the delineation was characterized as a literature search. In general, the fifty-seven
articles found at platform Scielo only seven were located in Northeast Brazil. Nevertheless, is
evident out that these demonstrate other alternatives regarding the use of benthic
macroinvertebrates. It is assumed, therefore, that this region still use the traditional
verification as the primary means of data collection.