Headwaters, the sources of all stream networks, provide habitats that are unique from other
freshwater environments and are used by a specialised subset of aquatic species. The …

Since the discovery of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) in 1976, extensive
literature has proved its efficacy to control mosquitoes and black flies, of which many species …

Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters is designed to serve as a
textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and as a reference source for …

Aquatic insects are the dominant invertebrate fauna in most freshwater ecosystems, and
figure prominently in the work of a diverse range of researchers, students, and …

Although many species that live in low-order rainforest streams obtain much of their energy
in the form of terrestrial leaf detritus, marked regional differences in the quantity, quality, and …

This study is the first to investigate the ingestion of microplastics (MPs), plasticizers,
additives, and particles of micro-litter< 100 μm by larvae of Simuliidae (Diptera) in rivers …

In cold climates most aquatic habitats are frozen for many months. Nevertheless, even in
such regions the conditions in different types of habitat, in different parts of one habitat, and …

The concentration and transport of faecal pellets (FPs) produced by blackfly (Diptera:
Simuliidae) larvae were estimated in a large, free‐flowing river in the north of Sweden …

Mosquitoes and black flies are a constant threat to health and comfort, yet the modern
chemical pesticides used to control them have cre ated serious ecological problems …

Haematophagous female blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) are serious biting pests and
obligate vectors of vertebrate pathogens, namely filarial Dirofilaria, Mansonella, Onchocerca …