Present level of knowledge regarding fluvial macroinvertebrate communities in Spain

A synthetic review examines present knowledge of fluvial macroinvertebrates in Spain. Many works have been strictly dcscriptive, and most have aimed at the application of biotic indices in water quality studies. Nevertheless, new awareness in the 1980s, fostered by the Spanish Association of Limnology, has begun to stir works that carry more profound implications regarding community ecology and lotic ecosystems.