{"title":"Varechaetadrilus fulleri (Oligochaeta:Tubificidae): New Record and Amendment of Morphological Description","authors":"C. Bingham, J. K. Hiltunen","doi":"10.2307/1467164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/1467164","url":null,"abstract":"The tubificid worm Variechaetadrilus fulleri (Annelida: Oligochaeta) was described by Brinkhurst and Kathman (1983) from the Green River, Kentucky, the only locality from which the species has previously been reported. In 1982-84, a number of specimens of V. fulleri were found in the lower Mississippi River and in an adjacent oxbow lake (Eagle Lake), about 19 river kilometers northwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi. In the lake, the species was collected in the inshore 1-m depth zone but not at 1.6-m depths offshore, where the waters stratified thermally in July and August and the dissolved oxygen concentration sometimes fell to 0.5 mg/liter in the hypolimnion.. The collection of sexually mature worms in the river in May 1982 and in Eagle Lake in January-February 1984 enabled us to describe anatomical details that refine the description of the species.","PeriodicalId":154110,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Invertebrate Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132616798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolutionary Ecology of Case Architecture in the Snailcase Caddisfly, Helicopsyche borealis","authors":"C. Vaughn","doi":"10.2307/1467159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/1467159","url":null,"abstract":"Larvae of the caddisfly Helicopsyche borealis (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae) build portable cases of sand grains which are spiraled and resemble snail shells. Distributional, architectural and experimental data were examined to determine the role of the helical case in the microdistribution of this species. Both crushing resistance and hydrodynamics were probable selection pressures in the evolution of the coiled case architecture. This evolution probably took place in open-canopied streams where H. borealis larvae were grazers on periphyton-covered rock surfaces. In this habitat, the spiral shape of the case prevented larvae from being crushed during spates. Hydrodynamic aspects of the case shape allowed the larvae grazing access on surfaces exposed to current.","PeriodicalId":154110,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Invertebrate Biology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128582242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Placer Mining on the Invertebrate Communities of Interior Alaska Streams","authors":"Stephen M. Wagener, J. Laperriere","doi":"10.2307/1467163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/1467163","url":null,"abstract":"To determine the effect of placer mining on benthic macroinvertebrates we determined selected water quality characteristics and sampled benthic invertebrates in nine hydrologically similar and proximally located streams, ranging from unmined to heavily mined streams. Placer mining caused increased turbidity, and increased amounts of settleable solids, and suspended sediment (nonfilterable residues). Sediment from placer mining was associated with decreased density and biomass of invertebrates. In a stream where mining began in mid-August, Orthocladiini (Diptera: Chironomidae) and Chloroperlid stoneflies decreased in abundance while they were not decreased in a nearby unmined stream. Water mites seemed to be the organisms most affected by placer mining.","PeriodicalId":154110,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Invertebrate Biology","volume":"344 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122546253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of an Artificial Substrate on Damselfly Predation","authors":"J. Coughlan, F. Rabe, F. Gibson","doi":"10.2307/1467165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/1467165","url":null,"abstract":"Two laboratory experiments were conducted to determine what effect access to the water column might have on the predation of Daphnia schodleri by damselflies. In both trails, the presence of a perching substrate significantly increased predation by increasing the predator-prey encounter rate. Larger damselflies were observed to have higher predation rates than smaller size forms.","PeriodicalId":154110,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Invertebrate Biology","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115926514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patterns of Colonization by Macroinvertebrates on Artificial Substrate Samplers: The Effects of Depth","authors":"M. Delong, J. F. Payne","doi":"10.2307/1467161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/1467161","url":null,"abstract":"We examined the effect of depth upon the colonization of macroinvertebrates on rock basket samplers employed in the Tennessee River and Pickwick Lake, Hardin County, Tennessee. The number of individuals and the number of taxa on samplers varied proportionately with depth. The mean number of taxa for all paired samplers was 7.3 at 0.5 m and 9.8 at 1.5 m, while the mean number of individuals was 2,528 and 8,691 at 0.5 m and 1.5 m, respectively. The distribution of individuals within genera, within the major taxa Chironomidae, Trichoptera, and Oligochaeta, and within functional feeding groups differed significantly between samplers from different depths, with a greater number of individuals occurring on deep samplers. Speculations are offered regarding reasons for the differences in numbers of organisms between depths.","PeriodicalId":154110,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Invertebrate Biology","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131224535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Free-Swimming Colonial Rotifers (Monogononta:Flosculariacea:Flosculariidae) in Southwestern Louisiana Rice Fields","authors":"M. Vidrine, R. E. Mclaughlin, O. Willis","doi":"10.2307/1467160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/1467160","url":null,"abstract":"During the summer of 1984, free-swimming colonial rotifers were collected incidental to field studies on mosquitoes in 335 rice fields in southwestern Louisiana. Six of the seven known species of free-swimming colonial flosculariid rotifers were found: Lacinularia elliptica Shepard, L. flosculosa (Mueller), L. ismailoviensis (Poggenpol), Sinantherina semibullata (Thorpe), S. socialis (Linnaeus) and S. spinosa (Thorpe). Lacinularia causeyae n. sp., a species new to science, was collected and is described herein. Of the 335 fields sampled, 225 fields had at least one species of these rotifers, which were locally abundant. Estimates of relative abundance are presented.","PeriodicalId":154110,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Invertebrate Biology","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128273039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biomass and Production of the Unionid, Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) in an Old Reservoir in New Brunswick, Canada","authors":"C. G. Paterson","doi":"10.2307/1467162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/1467162","url":null,"abstract":"In Morice Lake, New Brunswick, Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot) has a numerical density of 15.92± 1.24/m2 and an organic matter standing stock of 10.69 g/m2. Annual production of 2.14 g/m2/y is divided amongst tissue (69.6%), organic shell material (27.6%) and glochidia (2.8%). The high annual production relative to other populations is thought to be a reflection of the high numerical abundance which results from the high availability of suitable substrates at appropriate depths coupled with adequate fish host populations.","PeriodicalId":154110,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Invertebrate Biology","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126500616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effects of a Small Reservoir on the Seasonality and Stability of Physicochemical Parameters and Macrobenthic Community Structure in a Rocky Mountain Stream","authors":"Stephen W. Ziser","doi":"10.2307/1467158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/1467158","url":null,"abstract":"Physicochemical and biotic characteristics of a headwater stream community above an impoundment on the Sante Fe River, New Mexico, were compared to those in its tailwaters. There was less seasonality in abiotic factors, particularly in discharge and temperature below the impoundment. The streambed below the reservoir was more heterogenous and more stable than that above. Macroinvertebrate density was almost five times greater below the reservoir as a result of enhanced temperature and flow constancy, greater substrate stability and the abundance of aquatic macrophytes at this site. Species richness was also greater below the impoundment and was directly related to its habitat heterogeneity. Reduced discharge and more constant temperatures in conjunction with extremely high macroinvertebrate densities resulted in reduced diversity below the impoundment. Evenness was also reduced. An analysis of seasonal evenness variances and a study of the seasonal abundance patterns of individual taxa indicated that the more constant physicochemical conditions below the reservoir probably decreased biotic interactions and reduced the community stability at this site.","PeriodicalId":154110,"journal":{"name":"Freshwater Invertebrate Biology","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124194950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}