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Composition and Longitudinal Patterns of Aquatic Insect Emergence in Small Rivers of Palawan Island, the Philippines
Author(s) -
Freitag Hendrik
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international review of hydrobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 1434-2944
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.200310710
Subject(s) - odonata , chironomidae , ecology , aquatic insect , temperate climate , fauna , range (aeronautics) , ceratopogonidae , invertebrate , estuary , biology , streams , riparian zone , tropics , hydropsychidae , geography , habitat , larva , computer network , materials science , computer science , composite material
This study presents the first emergence trap samples from streams in the Philippines and Greater Sunda. Aquatic insect emergence from two small rivers and longitudinal patterns including estuaries are compared. A decline of total emergence towards estuaries was observed, affecting all major orders. Diptera, namely Chironomidae, dominated all sites. High abundances in Ceratopogonidae, Odonata, and Coleoptera were found, compared to other emergence studies from tropical and temperate latitudes. Ephemeroptera displayed a highly variable contribution to the emergence from Palawan as well as in other comparative studies either supported by the appropriate conditions for certain functional groups or limited by environmental variables such as pH. Trichoptera are likely to tolerate a wider range of environmental conditions and they are consequently able to fill further niches where Ephemeroptera are under‐represented. Except for scarce abundances of Plecoptera observed in this and other studies from the tropics, no substantial differences in emergence composition at order level existed between temperate and tropical rivers, however, with a remarkable local variation. Components of riparian and non‐aquatic insects and non‐emergent fauna contributing to the collections are discussed based on trap features. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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