The present study is a discussion of the interactions between different types of water bodies
in the spatial arrangement of a river valley, taking into account landscape data. The …

Larvae of a vast majority of water mite species are parasites of aquatic insects. Owing to this,
they migrate to new localities, and are able to survive unfavourable environmental …

1. Damselflies and dragonflies are widely parasitised insects and numerous studies have
tried to understand this host–parasite relationship. However, most of these studies have …

The metapopulation theory predicts that the more distant a host population is from other
populations, the more challenged will be a parasite to colonise it. We studied parasite …

This paper examines the impact of disturbance factors—flooding and intermittency—on the
distribution of water mites in the riparian springs situated in the valley of a small lowland …

Parasites and pathogens are a ubiquitous threat facing organisms within every ecological
network. To protect themselves from parasites, organisms have evolved immune defenses …

Five species of the subfamily Clinocerinae from the Tatra Mountains (S Poland) were
observed to be parasitized by larval water mites. Two of them: Kowarzia plectrum Mik, 1880 …

Water mites are known to temporarily live on the surface of aquatic insects in their life cycle.
Investigations of the host–parasite relationship between water mites and aquatic insects are …

We present the first data from Poland concerning parasitism of Hydrachnidia on
Chironomidae. Larvae of Hygrobates sp., H. setosus, Unionicola aculeata and Piona …

Little research has been done on egg diapause and the embryonic development of water
mites. The aim of this study was to check the impact of temperature and periods of light on …