We enjoy learning fun facts about the invertebrates we sample during our biomonitoring events. Today we’d like to share some fun facts about the gastropod shell, the gastropod shell is an animal shell that is part of the body of a gastropod or snail. It is an external skeleton or exoskeleton, which serves not only […]
Surface water is one of the most influenced ecosystems on earth, and its alterations have led to extensive ecological degradation such as a decline in water quality and availability, intense flooding, loss of species, and changes in the distribution and structure of the aquatic biota thus, making surface watercourses not sustainable in providing goods and […]
The Ephemeroptera, or mayflies, are a small but diverse order of amphibiotic insects found in freshwater ecosystems worldwide. Mayflies provide direct and indirect services to humans and other parts of both freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems). They provide regulatory services through their cleaning of freshwater. They provide many essential supporting services for ecosystems such as bioturbation, […]