Aquatic insects as bio-indicators of water quality – a study on Sungai Kawal, Johor National Park of Endau-Rompin, Peninsular Malaysia [PDF]
, 2020 Biological indicator species or bio-indicators are sensitive to specific environmental factors so that changes in their environment will be reflected by their incidence or abundance.
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An Emergence Trap for Aquatic Insects [PDF]
, 2017 Excerpt: The identification of organisms is a prerequisite to developing water quality criteria for aquatic life. Identification is necessary because differences in water quality requirements are specific and may be different for closely allied species ...
Lemke, Armond E., Mattson, Vincent R.
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New Techniques for Associating the Stages of Aquatic Insects [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) The immature forms of many benthic insect species are presently either undescribed or unidentifiable. The result is that associations with corresponding adult forms are often necessary in order to confirm specific and sometimes generic ...
McCafferty, W P, Provonsha, A. V.
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Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae Found in Aquatic Habitats in Wisconsin [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) We became interested in aquatic weevils (Curculionidae) and leaf beetles (Chryso- melidae) during the Aquatic Entomology Course at the University of Wisconsin, in the spring of 1971. Many collections, taken from a variety of aquatic habitats in
Bayer, Lutz J, Brockmann, H. Jane
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Closely Related Tree Species Differentially Influence the Transfer of Carbon and Nitrogen from Leaf Litter Up the Aquatic Food Web [PDF]
, 2014 Decomposing leaf litter in streams provides habitat and nutrition for aquatic insects. Despite large differences in the nutritional qualities of litter among different plant species, their effects on aquatic insects are often difficult to detect.
Adams, KJ +7 more
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\u3ci\u3eAnaphes\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) Reared from the Eggs of a Shore Fly (Diptera: Ephydridae) [PDF]
, 2017 Members of the family Mymaridae are obligate parasitoids of insect eggs, and some species attack the eggs of aquatic insects. Only one account of egg parasitism by the mymarid genus Anaphes on Diptera has been disclosed in the literature.
Foote, B. A +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 After the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan, freshwater ecosystems near the site remained contaminated by radiocesium (RCs).
Yumiko Ishii +11 more
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Aquatic insect community structure revealed by eDNA metabarcoding derives indices for environmental assessment [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis provides an efficient and objective approach for monitoring and assessing ecological status; however, studies on the eDNA of aquatic insects, such as Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT), are limited despite ...
Noriko Uchida +3 more
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Species and life stages of Odonata nymphs sampled with large drift nets in two Wisconsin rivers [PDF]
, 2017 Because relatively few nymphs of Odonata are caught in most drift studies, they have been inconsistently reported and little is known about the species and life stages that are predisposed to drift.
DuBois, Bob, Pratt, Dennis
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An Overview of the Heteroptera of Illinois [PDF]
, 2017 A key to adults of all heteropteran families known to occur in Illinois is presented together with general information on the biologies of these families.
McPherson, J. E
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