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SUBMITTER: Dusabe MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6373534 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dusabe Marie-Claire MC Wronski Torsten T Gomes-Silva Guilherme G Plath Martin M Albrecht Christian C Apio Ann A
Environmental monitoring and assessment 20190208 3
Rwanda is a heavily overpopulated country that also suffers from overstocking with livestock, especially following the return of war refuges after the civil war (1991-1995). At present, approximately 20% of the human population in Nyagatare District in northeastern Rwanda has no access to clean drinking water and sanitation. We used a biotic index based on the presence of selected families of aquatic macroinvertebrates, derived from the "Tanzania River Scoring System" (TARISS), to assess water q ...[more]