Sentences with phrase «from aquatic insects»

Consequently, the scientists gained a fingerprint of the organisms living in entire catchment areas and demonstrate the potential of environmental DNA for determining the biodiversity of all animals, from aquatic insects to mammals.

«We collected a liter of water, which meant we could extract DNA from a staggering number of species, from aquatic insects, such as mayflies, to the beaver who lives further upstream,» explains study coordinator Altermatt.

Citizen scientists will be enlisted to collect data on birds and aquatic insects for Jackson's project, which seeks to quantify how contaminants such as mercury move through the food chain: from aquatic insects to the riparian birds that feed upon them.

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Specifically, she'll look at these birds» exposure to mercury contamination after consuming insects that emerge from the aquatic environment.

«What we found is that we go from soft - bodied ancient aquatic arthropods with no eyes, or at least eyes that don't fossilize well, to suddenly eyes that look like the eyes that we see on insects and land animals today, with basically nothing in between these stages,» says Morehouse.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC — The health of fish and aquatic insects could be significantly affected by withdrawals of fresh water from the rivers and streams across North Carolina according to a new scientific assessment.

Called «underwater architects,» Caddisflies are a common aquatic species of insect that collect natural, substrate materials like sand, gravel, leaves and twigs to build protective shells around their bodies, using silk excreted from salivary glands near their mouths to hold it all together (as seen below, au naturel).