Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure

The European Fish Index EFI+ is the only fish-based multimetric index for the assessment of the ecological status of running waters that is validated and thus applicable across most countries of the European Union. Metrics of the index rely on several attributes of the species present in the fish as...

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Authors: Aparicio, Enric, Alcaraz Cazorla, Carles, Rocaspana, Rafel, Pou i Rovira, Quim, García-Berthou, Emili
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Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
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Keyword:Espècies introduïdes
Introduced organisms
Peixos d'aigua dolça -- Ecologia
Freshwater fishes -- Ecology
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spelling Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish PressureAparicio, EnricAlcaraz Cazorla, CarlesRocaspana, RafelPou i Rovira, QuimGarcía-Berthou, EmiliEspècies introduïdesIntroduced organismsPeixos d'aigua dolça -- EcologiaFreshwater fishes -- EcologyThe European Fish Index EFI+ is the only fish-based multimetric index for the assessment of the ecological status of running waters that is validated and thus applicable across most countries of the European Union. Metrics of the index rely on several attributes of the species present in the fish assemblage, irrespective of their native/alien status. The abundance of alien fish, together with other anthropogenic impacts, is one of the most important threats to the conservation of native fish and ecosystem health and is also an indicator of degraded stream conditions. Therefore, to improve the performance of the EFI+ in regions with high incidence of alien species, the EFI+ was adapted to include alien fish pressure as a new metric that reflects the number of alien species as well as the proportional abundance of alien individuals. The application of the adapted index (A-EFI+) is illustrated with data from several Iberian Mediterranean basins and showed similar or stronger correlations than the original EFI+ with anthropogenic pressure (land-use variables and alterations in hydrology and river morphology) and with other regional fish indices. EFI+ has been invaluable to intercalibrate fish indices across Europe, and A-EFI+ is similar but explicitly includes alien pressure, thus helping to provide a more comprehensive assessment of ecosystem health and to communicate it to societyFinancial support was provided by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) and the European Union (NextGenerationEU/PRTR) through projects PID2019-103936GB-C21, TED2021-129889B-I00 and RED2022-134338-TMDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciónMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Espanya)2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/24810http://hdl.handle.net/10256/24810Fishes, 2024, vol. 9, núm. 1, p. 13Articles publicats (D-CCAA)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/fishes9010013info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/2410-3888PID2019-103936GB-C21TED2021-129889B-I00RED2022-134338-T info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2019-103936GB-C21info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/TED2021-129889B-I00info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/RED2022-134338-TAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/248102026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure
title Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure
spellingShingle Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure
Aparicio, Enric
Espècies introduïdes
Introduced organisms
Peixos d'aigua dolça -- Ecologia
Freshwater fishes -- Ecology
title_short Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure
title_full Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure
title_fullStr Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure
title_full_unstemmed Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure
title_sort Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aparicio, Enric
Alcaraz Cazorla, Carles
Rocaspana, Rafel
Pou i Rovira, Quim
García-Berthou, Emili
author Aparicio, Enric
author_facet Aparicio, Enric
Alcaraz Cazorla, Carles
Rocaspana, Rafel
Pou i Rovira, Quim
García-Berthou, Emili
author_role author
author2 Alcaraz Cazorla, Carles
Rocaspana, Rafel
Pou i Rovira, Quim
García-Berthou, Emili
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Espanya)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Espècies introduïdes
Introduced organisms
Peixos d'aigua dolça -- Ecologia
Freshwater fishes -- Ecology
topic Espècies introduïdes
Introduced organisms
Peixos d'aigua dolça -- Ecologia
Freshwater fishes -- Ecology
description The European Fish Index EFI+ is the only fish-based multimetric index for the assessment of the ecological status of running waters that is validated and thus applicable across most countries of the European Union. Metrics of the index rely on several attributes of the species present in the fish assemblage, irrespective of their native/alien status. The abundance of alien fish, together with other anthropogenic impacts, is one of the most important threats to the conservation of native fish and ecosystem health and is also an indicator of degraded stream conditions. Therefore, to improve the performance of the EFI+ in regions with high incidence of alien species, the EFI+ was adapted to include alien fish pressure as a new metric that reflects the number of alien species as well as the proportional abundance of alien individuals. The application of the adapted index (A-EFI+) is illustrated with data from several Iberian Mediterranean basins and showed similar or stronger correlations than the original EFI+ with anthropogenic pressure (land-use variables and alterations in hydrology and river morphology) and with other regional fish indices. EFI+ has been invaluable to intercalibrate fish indices across Europe, and A-EFI+ is similar but explicitly includes alien pressure, thus helping to provide a more comprehensive assessment of ecosystem health and to communicate it to society
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TED2021-129889B-I00
RED2022-134338-T 
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/RED2022-134338-T
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dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Fishes, 2024, vol. 9, núm. 1, p. 13
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