Repository logo
  • English
  • Español
  • Log In
    Have you forgotten your password?
Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica
Repository logo
  • Communities & Collections
  • Research Outputs
  • Projects
  • Researchers
  • Statistics
  • Investigación Indoamérica
  • English
  • Español
  • Log In
    Have you forgotten your password?
  1. Home
  2. CRIS
  3. Publications
  4. Order Trichoptera
 
Options

Order Trichoptera

Journal
Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates: Ecology and General Biology: Fourth Edition
Date Issued
2015
Author(s)
Holzenthal R.W.
Thomson R.E.
Ríos-Touma B.
Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático
Type
Book Chapter
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-385026-3.00038-3
URL
https://cris.indoamerica.edu.ec/handle/123456789/9166
Abstract
Trichoptera, or caddisflies, are an order of aquatic insects occurring around the world in rivers, streams, and lakes. About 15,000 species are known. The aquatic larvae use silk to construct cases in which they reside or to spin silken nets to capture food suspended in the water column. The adults, with the body and wings covered with fine hairs, are crepuscular and resemble small moths. Larvae are important components of aquatic food webs. Most are intolerant of pollution and serve as biological indicators of water quality. This chapter provides an overview of the geographical, morphological, and ecological diversity of caddisflies. Aquatic respiration, osmoregulation, diapause, and other physiological adaptations are reviewed. The literature on general aspects of life history, ecology and behavior, such as adult emergence, mating behavior, egg laying, predation, construction behavior, food and feeding, drift, and production is reviewed. The effect of climate change and other human impacts on the diversity and distribution of caddisflies is discussed. Finally, methods for collecting, preparing, and observing immature stages and adults for scientific study are presented. © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Article has an altmetric score of 3
altmetric
dimensions
Views
5
Acquisition Date
Jul 14, 2025
View Details
google-scholar
Downloads
Logo Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica Hosting and Support by Logo Scimago

Built with DSpace-CRIS software - Extension maintained and optimized by 4Science

  • Cookie settings
  • Privacy policy
  • End User Agreement
  • Send Feedback

We collect and process your personal information for the following purposes: Authentication, Preferences, Acknowledgement and Statistics.
To learn more, please read our
privacy policy.

Customize
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia pages
70 readers on Mendeley
See more details