Page 1/16 Diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates as an indicator of water quality and ecological status of an Aegean river (Türkiye) Murat ÖZBEK (  murat.ozbek@ege.edu.tr ) Ege University Cem AYGEN Ege University Ay ş e TA Ş DEM İ R Ege University Seray YILDIZ Ege University Esat T. TOPKARA Ege University Eylem AYDEM İ R Ç İ L Sinop University Research Article Keywords: Bakırçay River, BMWP, diversity, biological indices, water quality, assessment Posted Date: June 10th, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3000599/v1 License:   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Version of Record: A version of this preprint was published at Environmental Monitoring and Assessment on September 20th, 2023. See the published version at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11834-1.