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Recovering European River Invertebrate Communities Homogenize or Differentiate Depending on Anthropogenic Stress. [PDF]

open access: yesGlob Chang Biol
(a) European river invertebrate communities showed an average increase in local richness over time (1994–2023), indicating partial local recovery following the alleviation of anthropogenic stress (e.g., point‐source pollution). However, this local recovery was not accompanied by increases in β‐diversity, likely due to persistent, unaddressed stressors,
Cortés-Guzmán D   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Life in Extreme Conditions: Diet and Condition of the Extremophile Fish <i>Aphanius almiriensis</i> (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) in a Thermal Rheocrene Spring. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
This study aims to answer some questions about the bioecological traits of an extremophile fish Aphanius almiriensis in order to understand how it can survive and colonize the extreme habitat conditions. To this end, some bioecological characteristics—condition, diet, and feeding strategy—of A. almiriensis inhabiting the Tuzla thermal spring, which has
Saç G   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hirudinea (Annelida) Fauna of Some Wetlands in Bingöl Province

open access: yesTürkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2022
Objective:Leeches are important and reliable indicators of water quality and biodiversity in the ecosystem, so the presence of specific leech species is often closely related to basic water conditions and the presence of certain animals.
Tuba Elaltunkara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the diversity of Iranian leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Biological Sciences, 2006
Some provinces of Iran were investigated with respect to their aquatic invertebrates during two expeditions. Results of investigating the systematic of leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) are presented in this paper.
Grosser C., Pešić V.
doaj   +1 more source

Faunistic patterns and diversity components of leech assemblages in karst springs of Montenegro

open access: yesKnowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2019
The aim of this study was to reveal faunistic and diversity patterns and to assess the effects of environmental factors on the differentiation of leech communities. This study covers investigations of 82 karst springs in Montenegro from 2009–2017.
Marinković Nikola   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity of macrobenthos in lowland streams: ecological determinants and taxonomic specificity

open access: yesJournal of Limnology, 2010
The present study contains the results of an investigation of the relationships between the environmental variables and the taxonomic diversity of common and important groups of benthic macrofauna: Chironomidae, Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Hirudinea and ...
Paweł KOPERSKI
doaj   +1 more source

Fauna Europaea: Annelida – Hirudinea, incl. Acanthobdellea and Branchiobdellea

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2014
Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all living European land and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at country level (up to the Urals, excluding the Caucasus ...
Alessandro Minelli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acanthocephala, Annelida, Arthropoda, Myxozoa, Nematoda and Platyhelminthes parasites of fishes from the Guandu river, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2010
Using information from all published reports and data collected during several parasitological surveys betweenApril 2003 and September 2009, a checklist of the parasites of fishes from Guandu River, southeastern of Brazil wasgenerated.
Azevedo, R. K.   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Helminth parasites of the levantine frog (Pelophylax bedriagae Camerano, 1882) from the western part of Turkey

open access: yesHelminthologia, 2015
Fifty-four Pelophylax bedriagae (Levantine Frog) from Turkey (İzmir and Manisa Provinces) were examined for helminth parasites. The frogs were collected between 2012 and 2014 years. Eight species of helminth parasites were recorded: 3 species of Nematoda
Demır S.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New record of three species of Leeches (Annelida:Hirudinea) in Al-Hindyia River / Babil Province / Iraq

open access: yesمجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2019
In this study, a total of 209 individuals of leeches were collected from Al-Hindyia River / Babil Province. 116 individuals were identified as Erpobdella octaculata (Linnaeus, 1758), 50 individuals as Erpobdella punctata (Leidy,1870) and  43 individuals ...
AL-Ameen et al.
doaj   +1 more source

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