The Meltwater Stonefly
Detailed Description
A Meltwater stonefly rests on a rock in Reynolds Creek spring on Logan Pass in Glacier National Park.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
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Climate change links fate of glaciers and rare alpine stream invertebrates in Glacier National Park
The extensive loss of glaciers in Glacier National Park (GNP) is iconic of the global impacts of climate warming in mountain ecosystems. However, little is known about how climate change may threaten alpine stream species, especially invertebrates, persisting below disappearing snow and ice masses in GNP. Two alpine stream invertebrates – the meltwater stonefly and the glacier stonefly – are...
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