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- noun Plural form of
macroinvertebrate .
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We did the usual things one does on such trips: we paddled around; we used seining nets to look for benthic macroinvertebrates; we tested the water for phosphates and nitrogen.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Canoes, But No Kayaks: Thoughts on Environmental Studies Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
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We did the usual things one does on such trips: we paddled around; we used seining nets to look for benthic macroinvertebrates; we tested the water for phosphates and nitrogen.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Canoes, But No Kayaks: Thoughts on Environmental Studies Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
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We did the usual things one does on such trips: we paddled around; we used seining nets to look for benthic macroinvertebrates; we tested the water for phosphates and nitrogen.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Canoes, But No Kayaks: Thoughts on Environmental Studies Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
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We did the usual things one does on such trips: we paddled around; we used seining nets to look for benthic macroinvertebrates; we tested the water for phosphates and nitrogen.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Canoes, But No Kayaks: Thoughts on Environmental Studies Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
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We did the usual things one does on such trips: we paddled around; we used seining nets to look for benthic macroinvertebrates; we tested the water for phosphates and nitrogen.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Canoes, But No Kayaks: Thoughts on Environmental Studies Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
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We did the usual things one does on such trips: we paddled around; we used seining nets to look for benthic macroinvertebrates; we tested the water for phosphates and nitrogen.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Canoes, But No Kayaks: Thoughts on Environmental Studies Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
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On the other hand, macroinvertebrates such as caddisfly and mayfly larvae can re-establish their populations within a year.
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Interestingly, research on microbial food webs of more temperate aquatic systems shows that in the absence of heavy grazing pressure on bacteria by macrozooplankton or benthic macroinvertebrates, the principal role of the microbial food web is the degradation (respiration) of organic matter [29].
Changes in aquatic biota and ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic 2009
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Verification of ecoregions cannot be done by considering individual ecosystem components; this is because the ecoregion framework was not intended to show regional patterns specific to either the flora or fauna of terrestrial ecosystems, nor was it intended to reflect distributions of fish or aquatic macroinvertebrates.
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There are fewer Carolina Bays, and the region tends to be biologically less diverse than 63h in terms of plants and aquatic macroinvertebrates.
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