This review addresses the intersection of water quality policy and benthic
macroinvertebrates. Specifically, we examine the role that stream macroinvertebrates have …

In freshwater ecosystems, Chironomidae are currently considered indicators of poor water
quality because the family is often abundant in degraded sites. However, it incorporates taxa …

Abstract The European Union's Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all water
bodies in Europe achieve good ecological status (GES) by 2015. We developed an …

Vertical-flow wetland systems were tested for treatment of liquid waste activated sludge with
high content of organic compounds from a soft drink factory. A mesocosm experiment was …

The identification of functional feeding traits in aquatic macroinvertebrates often requires a
morphology-based identification of species, which is important for trait-based methods of …

The diet composition and use of periphyton resources by grazing chironomids associated
with common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.) were investigated bimonthly …

Primary production in aquatic ecosystems is strongly controlled by resource availability
(bottom‐up). At the same time, grazers exert top‐down pressure on algae. The effects of …

Chironomids (non-biting midges) inhabit almost every wet or semi-wet continental
environment on Earth with probably 10,000 different species. Species occurrence and …

In the present study, chironomid larvae were sampled periodically between the years 1995-
96 during the one year at eight different localities of Ergene River Basin. A total of 60 …

We are experiencing a global extinction crisis as a result of climate change and human-
induced alteration of natural habitats, with large predators at high trophic levels in food webs …