Over 50 years ago nymphs of the Plecoptera species, Paraperla frontalis Banks, 1906
(Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae), were shown to exist in a shallow floodplain aquifer of the …

Deciphering the timing of lineage diversification and extinction has greatly benefited in the
last decade from methodological developments in fossil-based analyses. If these advances …

Like all taxa, populations of aquatic insects may respond to climate change by evolving new
physiologies or behaviors, shifting their range, exhibiting physiological and behavioral …

Little is known about the ecology of insect species in the hyporheic zone of rivers, despite its
importance in understanding how species survive in specialized habitats. We report on the …

Many aquatic insects are exposed to the dual stressors of heavy metal pollution and rising
water temperatures from global warming. These stresses may interact and have stronger …

Gravel-bed river floodplains occur in river corridors around the globe. One key habitat of
these floodplains are alluvial aquifers that provide habitat for a wide range of obligate …

Many freshwater ecosystems worldwide undergo hypoxia events that can trigger
physiological, behavioral, and molecular responses in many organisms. Among such …

Aquatic insects cope with hypoxia and anoxia using a variety of behavioral and
physiological responses. Most stoneflies (Plecoptera) occur in highly oxygenated surface …

In this study we conducted three different laboratory experiments over the course of two
summers and one winter to collect three data sets. Our specific objectives were to 1) …

Latitudinal variation has been known to create strong selection pressure for genomic
variation that enables the adaptation and survival of organisms. By altering gene expression …