New State Records, Habitat Characteristics, and Range Extensions for Three Aquatic Beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Hydraenidae) from Wadeable Streams in Missouri, USA

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 907-910
Author(s):  
Gregory S. Wallace ◽  
Seth W. Lanning ◽  
William R. Mabee ◽  
Matthew D. Combes ◽  
J. H. Epler
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Aquatic Beetles ◽  
Wadeable Streams ◽  
State Records

scholarly journals New State Records and Habitat Characteristics for Kloosia Kruseman (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Wadeable Streams in Missouri

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2020) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
William R. Mabee ◽  
Brandy S. Bergthold ◽  
Carl K. Wakefield ◽  
Matthew D. Combes
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Macroinvertebrate Community ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate ◽  
Dekalb County ◽  
Wadeable Streams ◽  
State Records

Abstract First records of occurrence of the midge genus Kloosia Kruseman in Missouri are reported based upon aquatic macroinvertebrate community samples collected during April 2012 and October 2015 from reaches of Grindstone Creek in Dekalb County and South Blackbird Creek in Schuyler County in the Central Dissected Till Plains. Select physical and water quality characteristics from the reaches are also provided.

scholarly journals Drainage ditches as important habitat for species diversity and rare species of aquatic beetles in agricultural landscapes (Insecta: Coleoptera)

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Rolke ◽  
Birgit Jaenicke ◽  
Jobst Pfaender ◽  
Udo Rothe
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Agricultural Drainage ◽  
Drainage Ditches ◽  
Aquatic Beetles ◽  
Sampling Locations ◽  
Agricultural Drainage Ditches ◽  
Study Sites

Agricultural drainage ditches are common structures in cultivated lowland areas across Europe. These artificial linear water bodies are interconnected to form networks that can offer valuable habitats for many water associated organisms. The current study contributes to the knowledge of aquatic Coleoptera biodiversity associated with artificial drainage ditches. Fundamental ecological and faunistical findings were combined with aspects relevant for applied nature conservation. Adult beetles were sampled at 124 sampling locations belonging to seven study sites in the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany. With 108 taxa out of 10 families the studied ditches showed a high species richness. Taxa associated with eutrophic conditions dominated with the dytiscid Hydroporus palustris as the most abundant species. In terms of β-diversity, a moderate turnover between the study sites could be observed. Although the sampling locations showed some degree of variability concerning habitat characteristics, measured environmental parameters only weakly explained observed differences in community composition. Beside taxonomical characterization of beetle diversity, aspects of functional diversity were analyzed. Interestingly, individuals with reduced flight ability were dominant. Because the predaceous family Dytiscidae dominated, beetles were mainly integrated as carnivores in the food web of ditches. Throughout the study, 13.0% threatened as well as 18.4% rare taxa could be recorded, referring to the German fauna of aquatic beetles. This may underpin the need to include agricultural drainage ditches into conservation management.

Guidelines for characterizing fish habitat in wadeable streams of the Catskill Mountain Region, New York

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane I. Mulvihill ◽  
Barry P. Baldigo ◽  
A.S. Gallagher ◽  
Phillip Eskeli
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
Mountain Region ◽  
Wadeable Streams

Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus Bennett, 1833 (Carnivora: Felidae) distribution and habitat characteristics in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 12451-12458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rama Mishra ◽  
Khadga Basnet ◽  
Rajan Amin ◽  
Babu Ram Lamichhane
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Oxbow Lakes ◽  
River Floodplains ◽  
Independent Events ◽  
Awareness Programs ◽  
Chitwan National Park ◽  
Threaten Species

The Fishing Cat is a highly specialized and threatened felid, and its status is poorly known in the Terai region of Nepal.  Systematic camera-trap surveys, comprising 868 camera-trap days in four survey blocks of 40km2 in Rapti, Reu and Narayani river floodplains of Chitwan National Park, were used to determine the distribution and habitat characteristics of this species.  A total of 19 photographs of five individual cats were recorded at three locations in six independent events.  Eleven camera-trap records obtained during surveys in 2010, 2012 and 2013 were used to map the species distribution inside Chitwan National Park and its buffer zone.  Habitat characteristics were described at six locations where cats were photographed.  The majority of records were obtained in tall grassland surrounding oxbow lakes and riverbanks.  Wetland shrinkage, prey (fish) depletion in natural wetlands and persecution threaten species persistence.  Wetland restoration, reducing human pressure and increasing fish densities in the wetlands, provision of compensation for loss from Fishing Cats and awareness programs should be conducted to ensure their survival.  We also recommend studying genetic diversity of sub-populations, as well as habitat use by radio-tagging. 

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