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• Is it risky to be a father? Survival assessment depending on sex and parental status in the water bug Abedus breviceps using multistate modelling

  Authors:R. Munguia-Steyer and R. Macias-OrdonezFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 85, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20075,793 words Report 1520LAbstract: We carried out a capture-recapture multistate modelling approach to estimate survival and recapture probabilities and transition rates between parental and nonparental status in an adult wild population of the...

• Faecal analyses and alimentary tracers reveal the foraging ecology of two sympatric bats.

  Authors:Sydney Moyo and David S. JacobsFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 16, 202011,147 words Article 1510LWe used three complementary methods to assess the diet of two insectivorous bat species: one an obligate aerial hunter, Miniopterus natalensis, and the other Myotis tricolor whose morphology and taxonomic affiliation to...

• Spatial foraging differences in American redstarts along the shoreline of northern Lake Huron during spring migration

  Authors:Robert J. Smith, Michael J. Hamas, David N. Ewert, and Matthew E. DallmanFrom:Wilson Bulletin (Vol. 116, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20044,560 words Article Lowland coniferous forests adjacent to northern Lake Huron provide important stopover habitat for landbirds during spring migration. Large numbers of aquatic insects emerging from nearshore waters of northern Lake Huron...

• Trophic ecology of nonanadromous rainbow trout in a post-glacial lake system: partial convergence of adfluvial and fluvial forms

  Authors:M.C. Arostegui and T.P. QuinnFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 96, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20189,119 words Article 1610LThe rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)) is one of many salmonid species exhibiting a gradient of life histories including fluvial (stream-resident), anadromous (ocean-migrant), and adfluvial...

• Spatio-temporal variability in the distribution of ground-dwelling riparian spiders and their potential role in water-to-land energy transfer along Hong Kong forest streams

  Authors:Elaine Y.L. Yuen and David DudgeonFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 3) Peer-Reviewed

  July 28, 20156,444 words Article 1460LTerrestrial predators have been shown to aggregate along stream margins during periods when the emergence of adult aquatic insects is high. Such aggregation may be especially evident when terrestrial surroundings are...

• Evidence of morphological adaptation to life underwater: sternal keel affects swimming speed in giant water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilini).

  Author:Ryosuke MatsushimaFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 99, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20213,483 words Report 1330LFundamentally, insects evolved on land and secondarily inhabited aquatic environments multiple times. To live underwater, aquatic insects have acquired enormously variable morphological, developmental, physiological, and...

• Aquatic macroinvertebrates of the Grand Calumet River

  Authors:Laurel L. Last and Richard L. WhitmanFrom:Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of SciencePeer-Reviewed

  Winter-Fall 199912,384 words Article ABSTRACT The Grand Calumet River is potential habitat for a rich community of aquatic macroinvertebrates. Historical surveys of these organisms have been limited to post-industrialization of the Calumet Region; but...

• Stable isotope analyses of web-spinning spider assemblages along a headwater stream in Puerto Rico

  Authors:Sean P. Kelly, Elvira Cuevas, and Alonso RamirezFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 15, 20157,598 words Article 1430LWeb-spinning spiders that inhabit stream channels are considered specialists of aquatic ecosystems and are major consumers of emerging aquatic insects, while other spider taxa are more commonly found in riparian forests...

• Conservation senior section

  Author:Cary D. ChevalierFrom:Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science (Vol. 38) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20041,220 words Article LaCombe, L., and S. Carins. Department of Biological Sciences, Central Missouri State University. Recreational Effects On Aquatic Insect Communities, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. The Buffalo National River became...

• So Small, So Loud: Extremely High Sound Pressure Level from a Pygmy Aquatic Insect (Corixidae, Micronectinae)

  Authors:Jerome Sueur, David Mackie, and James F. C. WindmillFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 15, 20114,658 words Article 1340LTo communicate at long range, animals have to produce intense but intelligible signals. This task might be difficult to achieve due to mechanical constraints, in particular relating to body size. Whilst the acoustic...

• Aquatic insect community structure revealed by eDNA metabarcoding derives indices for environmental assessment.

  Authors:Noriko Uchida, Kengo Kubota, Shunsuke Aita, and So KazamaFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 8) Peer-Reviewed

  June 11, 20206,892 words Article 1380LEnvironmental 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...

• Bioreplicated coatings for photovoltaic solar panels nearly eliminate light pollution that harms polarotactic insects

  Authors:Benjamin Fritz, Gabor Horvath, Ruben Hunig, Adam Pereszlenyi, Adam Egri, Markus Guttmann, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 3, 202010,964 words Report 1570LMany insect species rely on the polarization properties of object-reflected light for vital tasks like water or host detection. Unfortunately, typical glass-encapsulated photovoltaic modules, which are expected to cover...

• Management of flying insects on expressways through an academic-industrial collaboration: evaluation of the effect of light wavelengths and meteorological factors on insect attraction.

  Authors:Masahiro Komatsu, Keigo Kurihara, Susumu Saito, Mana Domae, Naoki Masuya, Yuta Shimura, et al.From:Zoological Letters (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 26, 20208,061 words Article 1450LInsect outbreaks often occur in the absence of natural enemies and in the presence of excess suitable host materials. Outbreaks of gypsy moths are especially problematic in remote areas located in high-latitude regions...

• Using Species Distribution Models to Guide Field Surveys for an Apparently Rare Aquatic Beetle

  Authors:Lusha M. Tronstad, Kelsey M. Brown, and Mark D. AndersenFrom:Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20186,434 words Report 1380LSurveying for rare animals can be difficult but using models to predict suitable habitat can guide sampling efforts. We used models to predict suitable habitat for the Narrow-footed Hygrotus Diving Beetle Hygrotus...

• An annotated list of the aquatic insects collected in 2004 in the Wabash River watershed, Indiana

  Authors:Paul D. McMurray, Jr. and Steven A. NewhouseFrom:Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science (Vol. 115, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 12, 20072,311 words Article 1340LABSTRACT. In 2004 the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) biologists sampled 47 streams and rivers within the Wabash River watershed. More than 5500 aquatic insect specimens, representing 229 taxa from...

• Who Eats Whom in a Pool? A Comparative Study of Prey Selectivity by Predatory Aquatic Insects

  Authors:Jan Klecka and David S. BoukalFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 5, 20129,401 words Article 1440LAuthor(s): Jan Klecka 1 , 2 , * , David S. Boukal 1 , 2 Introduction Who eats whom and how much? Answering this seemingly simple question is vital for the understanding of processes structuring animal communities....

• Assessing Effects of Impounded Water on Life History, Reproduction, and Diets of a Fluvial Specialist Fish.

  Authors:Sabrina E. Thiels, Christa R. Edwards, and Timothy H. BonnerFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 187, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20227,219 words Article 1360LSpecies richness and abundances of fluvial specialist fishes often decrease within waters impounded by dams, but mechanisms underlying these decreases are poorly understood. Purpose of this study was to assess the...

• Aquatic insects dealing with dehydration: do desiccation resistance traits differ in species with contrasting habitat preferences?

  Authors:Susana Pallares, Josefa Velasco, Andres Millan, David T. Bilton, and Paula ArribasFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 31, 20167,721 words Article 1470LBackground Desiccation resistance shapes the distribution of terrestrial insects at multiple spatial scales. However, responses to drying stress have been poorly studied in aquatic groups, despite their potential...

• Prey Vulnerability Limits Top-Down Control and Alters Reciprocal Feedbacks in a Subsidized Model Food Web

  Authors:William I. Atlas and Wendy J. PalenFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 21, 20148,398 words Article 1830LAuthor(s): William I. Atlas *, Wendy J. Palen Introduction Over the last three decades ecologists have increasingly recognized the importance and ubiquity of resource subsidies linking adjacent food webs [1]-[3]....

• Effect of seasonality on the population density of wetland aquatic insects: A case study of the Hawr Al Azim and Shadegan wetlands, Iran

  Authors:Hassan Nasirian and Aref SalehzadehFrom:Veterinary World (Vol. 12, Issue 4)

  Apr. 20194,771 words Case study 1370LAim: Wetlands are extremely suitable ecosystems to assess the effect of climate change on the density of aquatic insects. This study aimed to assess the effect of seasonality on populations of aquatic insects in the...