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aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; global change; hydrology; rivers; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Temporary rivers (TRs) dominate global river networks and are increasing in occurrence and spatiotemporal extent. However, few studies have investigated the communities that establish after rewetting events (i.e. the end of the dry phase), when local hydrological conditions can shape the communities through species sorting, and the spatial connectivity of sites can also influence colonisation. Her ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; ecotoxicology; freshwater; research; salinity; salt stress; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The most parsimonious interpretation of our experimental findings (Bray 2019 ; Kefford 2022) is that the effect of experimental increases in salinity on stream macroinvertebrate communities, was altered by organisms from a high-salinity site. This interpretation is consistent with long-established and widely accepted ecological and ecotoxicological theory. The suggestion (Chessman 2022) that the i ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; chemistry; drugs; ecological competition; environmental science; fields; shape; Show all 7 Subjects
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... When I started to work on marine natural products some thirty years ago I was attracted to this fascinating field of science by the exotic environment, the colourful shapes of (mostly) marine invertebrates and their complex ecological interactions [...] ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; lentic systems; lotic systems; macroinvertebrates; plankton; refuge habitats; stable isotopes; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Using a stable isotope two- and three-source mixing model, we evaluated trophic contributions of reservoir-derived plankton, epilithon, and terrestrial leaves to stream macroinvertebrates at two dam upstream and four dam outlet reaches. We compared four different habitat types co-occurring within the reaches: lotic habitat, bar-head lentic habitat, bar-tail lentic habitat, and isolated pond on san ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; Pinus elliottii; forestry; grasslands; land use change; macroinvertebrates; multivariate analysis; streams; Argentina; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Land use change is one of the main factors affecting stream ecosystems since it modifies aquatic-terrestrial linkages and then structure and functioning as well. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of harvest on mountain afforested streams (Córdoba, Argentina). We explored the macroinvertebrate community changes after harvest and applied biotic and multimetric indices using natural gr ...
... Fine-grained sediments are a natural component of river systems. Human activities generate additional sources of fine sediment. In mountainous areas, the anthropogenic inputs of fine sediments are associated with forestry. The aim of this study was to analyse the differences in the macroinvertebrate communities between the reference and caused by forest harvesting activities increased influx of fi ...
Sizenando N. Abreu; Fátima Jesus; Inês Domingues; Filipa Baptista; Joana L. Pereira; Dalila Serpa; Amadeu M. V. M. Soares; Rui E. Martins; Miguel Oliveira e Silva
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; Artemia franciscana; Artemia salina; Ceriodaphnia dubia; Danio rerio; Daphnia longispina; Daphnia magna; automation; chemistry; culture media; ecotoxicology; nauplii; progeny; reproduction; standard deviation; Show all 15 Subjects
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... In aquatic invertebrate (e.g., daphnids and Artemia sp.) and zebrafish cultures, in ecotoxicological bioassays, or when addressing complex population‐level experimental designs, the counting of an organism's progeny is often required. This counting process is laborious, repetitive, and time‐consuming, potentially posing health hazards to the operators, and necessarily entailing a higher likelihood ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; arsenic; basins; cadmium; cumulative risk; ecotoxicology; electrical conductivity; iron; lakes; mercury; osmolarity; sediments; selenium; silver; thallium; uranium; vanadium; vultures; water quality; Saskatchewan; Show all 20 Subjects
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... There is increasing interest in using autonomous sensor technology to monitor aquatic ecosystems in real time and in employing such monitoring data to perform better ecological risk assessments. At seven locations in McClean Lake in northern Saskatchewan (Canada) that received diluted uranium milling effluent, we deployed sensor units to track effluent distribution and help predict potential biolo ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; Chironomidae; clearcutting; community structure; conifers; ecosystems; fish; forest ecology; forests; macroinvertebrates; riparian vegetation; rivers; sediment transport; streams; water; water quality; watersheds; wood; Show all 18 Subjects
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... Although it is well-established that macroinvertebrates are an integral part of a healthy stream ecosystem, studies designed to inform forest harvest best management practices for sustainability of macroinvertebrate communities in small streams have been limited. Current riparian management practices for headwater streams generally focus on providing adequate wood supply, reducing debris flows and ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; bioaccumulation; bioavailability; decline; ecotoxicology; environmental impact; environmental monitoring; freshwater; functional diversity; humans; macroinvertebrates; metal tolerance; pollutants; pollution; rivers; species diversity; watersheds; France; Show all 18 Subjects
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... Freshwater ecosystems are the main source of water for sustaining life on earth, and the biodiversity they support is the main source of valuable goods and services for human populations. Despite growing recognition of the impairment of freshwater ecosystems by micropollutant contamination, different conceptual and methodological considerations can newly be addressed to improve our understanding o ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; autumn; benthic organisms; biological assessment; community structure; habitats; limnology; macroinvertebrates; periodicity; seasonal variation; species richness; spring; streams; summer; Finland; Northern European region; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Studies on biodiversity patterns should optimally relate different scales of temporal community variability to spatial variability. Although temporal biodiversity variability is often negligible compared to spatial variation, it may still constitute a substantial source of overall community variability in stream ecosystems. Boreal streams exhibit seasonally recurring environmental periodicity, whi ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; basins; community structure; dry environmental conditions; groundwater; habitats; highlands; seasonal variation; species richness; spring; springs (water); surface water; topographic slope; wildlife; Sonoran Desert; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Springs are essential sources of water for humans and wildlife in the Sonoran Desert and, despite their isolation, they often support diverse aquatic communities. However, flows in these systems are declining due to groundwater pumping and increasing temperatures and aridity. In the western Sonoran Desert, two spring-fed systems represent the vast majority of perennial surface water along the U.S. ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; DNA barcoding; autumn; climate change; environmental DNA; freshwater; genes; genetic variation; indigenous species; macroinvertebrates; mitochondria; spatial variation; species diversity; streams; watersheds; winter; Mediterranean region; Sicily; Show all 18 Subjects
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... The Mediterranean region with its islands is among the top biodiversity hotspots. It houses numerous freshwater taxa with a high rate of endemism, but is heavily impacted by anthropogenic pressures and global climate change. To conserve biodiversity, reliable data on species and genetic diversity are needed especially for the scarcely known insular freshwater ecosystems. Environmental DNA (eDNA) m ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; freshwater; macroinvertebrates; pollution; sand; sulfoxaflor; toxicity; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Environmental degradation of rivers in agricultural landscapes is typically caused by multiple co-occurring stressors, but how interactions among stressors affect freshwater ecosystems is poorly understood. Therefore, we investigated the sensitivity and specificity of several measures of benthic macroinvertebrate community response to the individual and combined effects of the pesticide sulfoxaflo ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; COVID-19 infection; United States Environmental Protection Agency; acetamiprid; basins; chronic exposure; clothianidin; dinotefuran; drainage; environmental fate; freshwater; imidacloprid; land use; stream flow; thiamethoxam; water solubility; Florida; Show all 17 Subjects
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... The use of imidacloprid and, to a lesser degree, other neonicotinoid insecticides is widespread in FL (and globally). The moderate to high water solubility and environmental persistence of neonicotinoids allows these compounds to readily enter, and be retained in, water resources where they may harm nontarget organisms and impact biological communities and associated trophic structures negatively. ...
... Nutrient imbalances in zooplankton are caused by the differences in elemental content of producers and the demand for elements in consumers, which alter the life-history traits in consumers. Changes in life-history traits are mediated through metabolic pathways that affect gene expression and the metabolome. However, less is known about proteomic changes to elemental-limitation in zooplankton. Her ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; Chironomidae; biomass; carbon; freshwater; leaves; nitrogen; plant litter; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Despite abounding evidence that leaf litter traits can predict decomposition rate, the way these traits influence trophic efficiency and element transfer to higher trophic levels is not resolved. Here, we used litter labeled with ¹³C and ¹⁵N stable isotopes to trace fluxes of litter C and N from four leaf types to freshwater invertebrate communities. We measured absolute (mg C or N) and relative a ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; Baetis; Gammarus fossarum; Plecoptera; adults; community structure; cytochrome-c oxidase; flight; forests; freshwater; gene flow; genetic structure; life history; limnology; microsatellite repeats; mitochondria; mountains; national parks; population structure; streams; topography; topology; Germany; Show all 23 Subjects
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... Dispersal abilities and the resulting levels of connectivity between streams influence population structure in aquatic organisms. We investigated how different dispersal and life‐history traits affect gene flow and population structure in three aquatic invertebrate species in a central European mountain range. We used microsatellite markers and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I barcode data to as ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; biodiversity; environment; freshwater; geographical variation; malathion; multivariate analysis; risk; toxicity; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Pesticides are increasingly recognised as a threat to freshwater biodiversity, but their specific ecological effects remain difficult to distinguish from those of co-occurring stressors and environmental gradients. Using mesocosms we examined the effects of an organophosphate insecticide (malathion) on stream macroinvertebrate communities concurrently exposed to a suite of stressors typical of str ...
aquaticinvertebrates, etc ; Catenula; Microstomum; freshwater; geomorphology; lentic systems; lotic systems; rivers; watersheds; Argentina; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Free-living microturbellarians are a part of lentic and lotic aquatic assemblages and play an important but underestimated role in aquatic ecosystems. Consequently, they are not included in studies on the dynamics of freshwater aquatic invertebrate communities. We report eight new records of microturbellarians from the Suquía River (Córdoba, Argentina): Catenula lemnae Dugès, 1832, Stenostomum are ...