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Preliminary observations of the aquatic insects of the smoky mountains: altitudinal zonation in the spring

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The aquatic macroinvertebrate fauna in seven ‘hypocrenon’ streams, located on the southeast facing slope of a single ridge in the Smoky Mountains, was qualitatively sampled. The samples were collected at seven different altitudes. This design permitted an analysis of faunistic variations along an altitudinal gradient.

The data obtained in this study are compared with data presented in a number of European zonation studies. A number of interesting, and perhaps ecologically significant, parallels among the altitudinal distribution of the orders Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Diptera in the Smoky Mountains and streams in Europe are discussed.

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Stoneburner, D.L. Preliminary observations of the aquatic insects of the smoky mountains: altitudinal zonation in the spring. Hydrobiologia 56, 137–143 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023352

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