Benthic diatom and macroinvertebrate assemblages, a key for evaluation of river health and pollution in the Shahrood River, Iran

M Sharifinia, A Mahmoudifard, K Gholami, JI Namin… - Limnology, 2016 - Springer
The pre sent study analyzed the relationships of two different biological assemblages
(diatom and macroinvertebrate) when they are used to characterize a set of stations (from …

Hydrodynamic control of benthic mats of Didymosphenia geminata at the reach scale

JDS Cullis, DM McKnight… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Algal blooms caused by the stalk-forming diatom Didymosphenia geminata impact the
habitat structure and functioning of stream ecosystems. We evaluated site-specific …

Consequences of nuisance algal blooms of Didymosphenia geminata on invertebrate communities in Rocky Mountain streams

MS Brogan, BL Peckarsky, J Resasco - Freshwater Science, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
As climate change accelerates, low summer stream flows are becoming increasingly
common in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA. The diatom Didymosphenia geminata …

Is Didymosphenia geminata an introduced species in New Zealand? Evidence from trends in water chemistry, and chloroplast DNA

C Kilroy, P Novis - Ecology and Evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Defining the geographic origins of free‐living aquatic microorganisms can be problematic
because many such organisms have ubiquitous distributions, and proving absence from a …

Contrasting effects of low‐level phosphorus and nitrogen enrichment on growth of the mat‐forming alga Didymosphenia geminata in an oligotrophic river

C Kilroy, ST Larned - Freshwater Biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The stalked diatom Didymosphenia geminata forms proliferations of stalk‐dominated mats in
rivers. Over its range in New Zealand, mats rarely occur where average dissolved reactive …

Recovery of the algae and macroinvertebrate benthic community after Didymosphenia geminata mass growths in Spanish rivers

A Sanmiguel, S Blanco, I Álvarez-Blanco… - Biological …, 2016 - Springer
This study aims to assess the ecological profile of the invasive alga Didymosphenia
geminata in NW Spain, analysing the biotic and abiotic factors related to the presence of …

Agricultural Land-Use Legacy, The Invasive Alga Didymosphenia geminata and Invertebrate Communities in Upland Streams with Natural Flow Regimes

SE Anderson, GP Closs, CD Matthaei - Environmental Management, 2020 - Springer
The integrity of freshwater ecosystems worldwide is under threat from agriculture and
invasive species. Past agricultural activity can have persistent effects on aquatic diversity …

Recent invasion of Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt in a Patagonian regulated river promotes changes in composition and density of …

C Brand, M Grech - Biological Invasions, 2020 - Springer
Didymosphenia geminata is a stalked freshwater diatom, which forms large blooms in ultra-
oligotrophic conditions, and it has been declared a nuisance species in many lotic systems …

Water contaminated with Didymosphenia geminata generates changes in Salmo salar spermatozoa activation times

P Olivares, P Orellana, G Guerra, M Peredo-Parada… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Didimosphenia geminata (“didymo”), has become a powerful and devastating river
plague in Chile. A system was developed in D. geminata channels with the purpose …

Didymosphenia geminata blooms are not exclusively driven by low phosphorus under experimental conditions

DC West, JA Balik, M Owens, BW Taylor - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
Despite two decades of research, the cause of blooms of the diatom Didymosphenia
geminata remains uncertain. Blooms have been associated with low nutrient, oligotrophic …