Aquatic Insects Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Challenges

• Other Authors: Vilenica, Marina (Editor), Yanai, Zohar (Editor), Vuataz, Laurent (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Ecological science, the Biosphere; odonate; flight period; checklist; Eastern Mediterranean; citizen science; climate; water quality; functional richness; functional specialization; functional evenness; impact of mining and forest fire; aquatic insects; conservation; life cycle; limnology; mayfly; North Africa; rivers; streams; developing country; multivariate statistics; bioindication value; index scores; WQI; HQI; EPT; stoneflies; USA; species richness; hierarchical unit codes; flow intermittence; environmental variables; aquatic macrophytes; karst; dragonflies; damselflies; anthropogenic impact; distribution; local extinction; museum study; Plecoptera; population decline; island biogeography; new species; taxonomy; biodiversity; colonization; endemism; species radiation; diving beetles; freshwater; chironomid larvae; water pollution index (WPI); alpha and beta diversity; anthropogenic pressure; taxonomic diversity; substrate preference; Danube; floodplain; gomphid nymphs; Orientogomphus; Thailand; Heteroptera; aquatic; species compositions; marine insects; Hemiptera; biogeography; Rif; Atlas; Central Plateau; Oriental Morocco; mayflies; phylogenomics; phylogenetics; systematics; n/a
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Insects have successfully inhabited all freshwater habitats on Earth and are often the most diverse and abundant species in streams and ponds. With a disproportionally high species richness compared to the area covered by freshwaters, aquatic insects represent a hotspot of diversity. They play cruci...