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benthic sampling

Subcategory: terrestrial invertebrate monitoring
Standard reference: Hess 1941
Papers: 39 | Mentions: 44

Local Knowledge Graph (41 entities)

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Description

Plastic pan traps with soapy water deployed along stream transects to capture terrestrial invertebrates falling into or near the river. Traps are pooled by transect and processed for taxonomic identification and biomass measurement.

Typical Equipment

  • plastic pan traps
  • metal poles
  • non-scented colorless soap
  • 250-micron sieve
  • sample bottles
  • magnification glasses
  • glass vials
  • ethanol
  • dry oven

Output Measurements

  • terrestrial invertebrate abundance
  • invertebrate dry mass
  • order-level taxonomy

Papers Using This Protocol (41)

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Quantifying physiological and behavioral differences in caddisfly larvae

2025using
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Wild marmots’ social networks reveal controversial evolutionary theory in action

2025The Conversationintroducing
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Wild marmots’ social networks reveal controversial evolutionary theory in action

2025The Conversationcomparing
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Evaluating differences in water temperature and macroinvertebrate communities in BDA ponds, stream pools, and beaver dam ponds

2025using
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Salamanders impact on L. externus population densities

2025using
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Aquatic invertebrate communities in old, new, and re-formed beaver ponds in the Trail Creek watershed

2024using
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How beaver pond age affects aquatic invertebrates

2023using
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Limnephilus externus Case Grazing

2023using
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Effects of Native and Non-native Predators on Aquatic Communities

2021using
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Energy Fluxes of Terrestrial and Aquatic Invertebrates in the East River

2021using
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Exploring effects of proliferation of <i>Didymosphenia geminata</i> on abundance and coexistence of <i>Rhyacophila</i> species (Trichoptera) in streams near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

2020using
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Nonconsumptive effects of Brook Trout predators reduce secondary production of mayfly prey

2020Freshwater Scienceusing
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The impact of </Didymosphenia geminata> on the community structures of invertebrates in streams around the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab

2020using
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Exploring mechanisms explaining coexistence patterns of <i> Rhyacophila </i> species (Trichoptera) in streams near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

2019using
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Effects of pond permanence on avian behaviors

2019introducing
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Ecological role of <i>Limnephilus abbreviates</i> in detritus dynamics

2019using
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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coexistence in Closely Related <i>Rhyacophila</i> (Trichoptera) Species

2018using
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Species Co-occurrence Patterns and Mechanisms for <i>Rhyacophila</i> in High-Altitude Streams

2017using
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Pond nutrient storage across permanence and temporal gradients

2017introducing
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Does the morphology of beaver ponds alter downstream ecosystems?

2011Hydrobiologiausing
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Macroinvertebrate excretion rates and their contribution to nutrient cycling in a rocky mountain stream

2009using
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How Does Streambed Heterogeneity, Light Intensity, and Near-bed Current Influence Algal Accrual, Ash Free Dry Mass, and Macroinvertebrate Richness, and Abundance?

2009using
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Predator effects on prey population dynamics in open systems

2008Oecologiausing
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Hydraulic and geomorphic effects on mayfly drift in high-gradient streams at moderate discharges

2008Ecohydrologyusing
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Effect of a reduction in mountain stream flow on the diversity and quantity of benthic macroinvertebrates and the abundance of algae

2008using
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Impact of light availability on benthic algal assemblages and invertebrate species composition

2008using
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Linking drift and benthic density along fishless to fish transitions in Rocky Mountain streams

2008using
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Effects of single and terraced beaver ponds on benthic macroinvertebrate communities

2007using
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Effects of the nuisance diatom <i>Didymosphenia geminata</i> on invertebrates in a Rocky Mountain stream

2007using
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Are populations of mayflies living in adjacent fish and fishless streams genetically differentiated?

2005Freshwater Biologyusing
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Predator-induced resource heterogeneity in a stream food web

2004Ecologyusing
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Caddisfly life histories along permanence gradients in high-altitude wetlands in Colorado (U.S.A.)

2003Freshwater Biologyusing
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Genetic structure in a montane mayfly <i>Baetis bicaudatus</i> (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), from the Rocky Mountains, Colorado

2003Freshwater Biologyusing
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Reach-scale Manipulations show invertebrate grazers depress algal resources in streams

2002Limnology and Oceanographyusing
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The influence of predatory fish on mayfly drift: extrapolating from experiments to nature

2002Freshwater Biologyusing
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Predator chemicals induce changes in mayfly life history traits: a whole-stream manipulation

2002Ecologyusing
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Sampling stream invertebrates using electroshocking techniques: implications for basic and applied research

2001Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Scienceintroducing
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Variation in mayfly size at metamorphosis as a developmental response to risk of predation

2001Ecologyusing
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Sampling stream invertebrates using electroshocking techniques: implications for basic and applied research

2001Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciencecomparing
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Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

1999using
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Seasonal variation in the intensity of competition and predation among dragonfly larvae

1989Ecologyusing