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The Biological Monitoring Working Party Score system is a method of assessing water quality using the families of insects and other aquatic invertebrates present. This scoring system is only relevant in the UK.

 

If this is selected you will be presented with a window offering a choice of BMWP score systems

 

BMWP score choise

 

Original BMWP

Revised BMWP

Habitat Specific - Riffles

Habitat Specific - Riffles and Pools

Habitat Specific - Pools

 

To use this method you must give the program observation data arranged as samples by family. It is important that you spell the family names correctly because the program scans your list of names and scores those that correspond with a standard list.

Pisces has developed software to automate this process, see T-group.

 

If your names do not correspond with those in the list, you will see a message similar to this, indicating that corrections must be made.

 

warning

 

The data file bmwp.scr must be in the same directory as the data to be analysed. The bmwp.scr file is a text file containing the names and their associated scores.

 

The standard list is as follows:

Siphlonuridae

Heptageniidae

Leptophlebiidae

Ephemerellidae

Potamanthidae

Ephemeridae

Taeniopterygidae

Leuctridae

Capniidae

Perlodidae

Perlidae

Chloroperlidae

Aphelocheiridae

Phryganeidae

Molannidae

Beraeidae

Odontoceridae

Leptoceridae

Goeridae

Lepidostomatidae

Brachycentridae

Sericostomatidae

Astacidae

Lestidae

Agriidae

Gomphidae

Cordulegasteridae

Aeshnidae

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Corduliidae

Libellulidae

Psychomyiidae

Philopotamidae

Caenidae

Nemouridae

Rhyacophilidae

Polycentropodidae

Limnephilidae

Neritidae

Viviparidae

Ancylidae

Hydroptilidae

Unionidae

Corophiidae

Gammaridae

Platycnemididae

Coenagriidae

Mesoveliidae

Hydrometridae

Gerridae

Nepidae

Naucoridae

Notonectidae

Pleidae

Corixidae

Haliplidae

Hygrobiidae

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Dytiscidae

Gyrinidae

Hydrophilidae

Clambidae

Helodidae

Dryopidea

Elminthidae

Chrysomelidae

Curculionidae

Hydropsychidae

Tipulidae

Simuliidae

Planariidae

Dendrocoelidae

Baetidae

Sialidae

Piscicolidae

Valvatidae

Hydrobiidae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

Sphaeriidae

Glossiphoniidae

Hirudidae

Erpobdellidae

Asellidae

Chironomidae

Oligochaeta

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