Nowadays, new tools for assessing the biotic integrity of aquatic environments are used. In Benin, the Macroinvertebrate MultiMetric Lake Index (M3LI) was designed to reveal the current state of Lake Nokoué. The inventory was carried out in eight seasonal data collection campaigns from 2019 to 2021 using an Eckman type grab and a trouble net. The composition, diversity and different metrics were calculated. Thirty-nine metrics grouped into five categories were defined and subjected to selection using a PCA in order to identify the relevant metrics for calculating the index. In the lake, 83 taxa divided into 25 orders and 54 families representing 32,770 specimens were determined. Insects, Molluscs, Crustaceans and Annelids constituted the essential macrofauna which was numerically dominated by Gastropods, Crustaceans, Bivalves and Insects. Of the 5 food functional groups obtained, crushers and collector-gatherers were dominant. Ten metrics relevant and well explained by environmental variables were used to calculate M3LI. The M3LI calculated varied from 6.44 at the station near Dantokpa to 3.38 at the Cotonou channel station with fluctuating water quality between poor quality and good quality. These results clearly explain the responses of the living communities of the lake faced with the various stresses due to daily marine intrusion, the role of receptacle of different continental waters and the various anthropogenic activities plunging the environment into a hypereutrophic state. It is therefore urgent to take measures to restoration of this environment to allow living species to regain their balance of life. This index is also a departure for the establishment of a biomonitoring program for the restoration of the lake.
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Lake Nokoué, Benthos, Diversity, Bioindication, Ecological Status
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Department of Hydrobiology and Aquaculture, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
