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Pine needle litter acts as habitat but not as food source for stream invertebrates
(Wiley VCH Verlag, 2017-05)
Small streams are ruled by the influence that riparian vegetation has on food webs since it regulates the entry of organic matter and sunlight. The plantation of perennial tree species along banks of grassland streams ...
Diversity of helminth parasites in aquatic invertebrate hosts in Latin America: How much do we know?
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-03)
Helminths in aquatic invertebrate hosts have been overlooked in comparison with vertebrate hosts. Therefore, the known diversity, ecology and distribution of these host-parasite systems are very limited in terms of their ...
How seasonality and anthropogenic impacts can modulate the structure of aquatic benthic invertebrate assemblages
(2017-04-01)
We studied a benthic invertebrate assemblage of a stream that passes through pristine, rural, suburban and urban areas of a municipality located in southeastern Brazil to investigate a possible relationship between this ...
Environmental Quality and Aquatic Invertebrate Metrics Relationships at Patagonian Wetlands Subjected to Livestock Grazing Pressures
(Public Library of Science, 2015-10)
Livestock grazing can compromise the biotic integrity and health of wetlands, especially in remotes areas like Patagonia, which provide habitat for several endemic terrestrial and aquatic species. Understanding the effects ...