In this master’s thesis the author documents the arthropods consumed by Alaskan shorebirds.
Category Archives: Freshwater arthropods
The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods
This special issue appeared on January 24 in ZooKeys.
Extremely low genetic diversity in a circumpolar dragonfly species, Somatochlora sahlbergi (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera)
Larva of S. sahlbergi. Image from https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32365-7.
This article appeared October 11 in Scientific Reports.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32365-7
Cladotanytarsus crassus, a new North American non-biting midge with a distinctive hypopygial digitus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
This article appeared recently in the Polish Journal of Entomology and includes records of the genus in Alaska.
Riparian defoliation by the invasive green alder sawfly influences terrestrial prey subsidies to salmon streams
Seasonal pattern of terrestrial prey subsidies in Southcentral Alaska streams. Part of Figure 5 from Roon et al. (2018).
The article (URI below) appeared on June 11, 2018 in the journal Ecology of Freshwater Fish.
Nearctic Nemoura trispinosa Claassen, 1923 and N. rickeri Jewett, 1971 are junior synonyms of Holarctic Nemoura species (Plecoptera: Nemouridae)
The article appeared on April 2 in the journal Illiesia. The authors found Nearctic Nemoura rickeri to be a junior synonym of Nemoura sahlbergi, which affects Alaskan specimens.
Diura washingtoniana (Hanson) resurrected from synonymy with D. nanseni (Kempny) (Plecoptera: Perlodidae), supplemented with a description of the larva and egg and comparison to other congeners
Even though this article does not cite any Alaskan specimens, it is pertinent to the Canadian and Alaskan members of the genus.
Proceedings of the 17th annual Alaska Invasive Species Workshop
Presentations from the 17th annual Alaska Invasive Species Workshop have been posted at the URI below.
http://www.uaf.edu/ces/pests/cnipm/annual-invasive-species-c/17th-annual-meeting-proce/
Direct links to arthropod-related presentations:
Electrofishing and kick seining efforts for invasive signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) on Kodiak Island, Alaska – Kelly Krueger, Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak. Project video
Leafminers in Alaskan birch – Stephen Burr, USDA, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection
Asian gypsy moth detection and response in the Pacific Northwest, 2015 and 2016 – Clinton Campbell, USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, and Timothy B. St. Germain, Plant Protection and Quarantine
Ticks parasitizing dogs, cats, humans and wild vertebrates in Alaska: invasion potential – Kimberlee Beckmen, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation.
The Taxonomy of the North American Species of Parameletus Bengtsson, 1908 (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae), with Keys to Nymphs and Male Imagos
The article appeared November 1st in the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3752/cjai.2017.33
Using stable isotopes to assess the contribution of terrestrial and riverine organic matter to diets of nearshore marine consumers in a glacially influenced estuary
The article appeared May 31, 2017 in the journal Estuaries and Coasts.