Fresh waters have seen the largest decline in biodiversity of any ecosystem, with lotic
ecosystems particularly impacted by human activities. The main drivers of environmental …

Macroinvertebrates are an important component of stream ecosystems and are a link in the
transfer of material and energy from producers to top level consumers and also act as …

Macroinvertebrate metrics are helpful tools for the assessment of water quality and overall
aquatic ecosystem health. However, their degree of sensitivity and the most reliable metrics …

Introduction Invertebrate communities are central to many environmental monitoring
programs. In freshwater ecosystems, aquatic macroinvertebrates are collected, identified …

Surface coal mining is the dominant form of land cover change in Central Appalachia, yet
the extent to which surface coal mine runoff is polluting regional rivers is currently unknown …

Tolerance values (TVs) based on benthic macroinvertebrates are one of the most widely
used tools for monitoring the biological impacts of water pollution, particularly in streams and …

We analysed a large number of concurrent samples of macroinvertebrate communities and
chemical indicators of eutrophication and organic pollution [total‐P, total‐N, NH4–N …

Aquatic macroinvertebrates have been among the principal biological communities used for
freshwater monitoring and assessment for several decades, but macroinvertebrate …

Conversion of land from natural to urban or agricultural cover degrades stream ecosystems
and results in loss of biodiversity. We compared cumulative frequency distributions to …

Larval aquatic insects are used to assess water quality, but less attention is paid to their
adult, terrestrial life stage, which is an important food resource for declining aerial …