@article{fdi:010022764, title = {{L}ong term quantitative ecological assessment of insecticides treatments in four {A}frican rivers : a methodological approach}, author = {{C}rosa, {G}. and {Y}ameogo, {L}. and {D}. {C}alamari and {H}ougard, {J}ean-{M}arc}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n {W}est {A}frica different insecticides had been applied in selected river areas for the reduction of the blackfly populations vectors of #{O}nchocerca volvulus$, a parasite casuing blindness. {T}o evaluate the possible long term effects of the larvicides on the non target fauna an aquatic monitoring programme has been up from the initial phase of the project. {A}ddressing the attention to the invertebrates data collected in four countries during a maximum period ranging from 1977 to 1996, this paper shows and discusses the data analysis strategy for the measure and interpretation of the biological variation. {I}n particular the application of quantitative ecological analysis methods : {P}rincipal {C}omponent {A}nalysis, rank abundance models and the community diversity indexes, is critically discussed and comments are given to the ecological interpretation of the results. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{ONCHOCERCOSE} ; {VECTEUR} ; {INSECTICIDE} ; {IMPACT} {SUR} {L}'{ENVIRONNEMENT} ; {FAUNE} {NON} {CIBLE} ; {INVERTEBRE} {AQUATIQUE} ; {COURS} {D}'{EAU} ; {METHODE} {D}'{ANALYSE} ; {TAXONOMIE} ; {DIVERSITE} {SPECIFIQUE} ; {ABONDANCE} ; {ANALYSE} {EN} {COMPOSANTES} {PRINCIPALES} ; {MODELISATION} ; {ETUDE} {REGIONALE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {LARVICIDE} ; {TEMEPHOS} ; {CHLORPHOXIM} ; {PERMETHRINE} ; {CARBOSULFAN} ; {PYRACLOFOS} ; {VECTRON} ; {VARIATION} {BIOLOGIQUE} ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {GHANA} ; {GUINEE} ; {SIERRA} {LEONE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{C}hemosphere}, volume = {37}, numero = {14-15}, pages = {2847--2858}, ISSN = {0045-6535}, year = {1998}, DOI = {10.1016/{S}0045-6535(98)00327-0}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010022764}, }