Functional Feeding Groups of Aquatic Insects Influence Trace Element Accumulation: Findings for Filterers, Scrapers and Predators from the Po Basin
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sampling of Macrobenthic Invertebrates
2.3. Trace Element Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pastorino, P.; Zaccaroni, A.; Doretto, A.; Falasco, E.; Silvi, M.; Dondo, A.; Elia, A.C.; Prearo, M.; Bona, F. Functional Feeding Groups of Aquatic Insects Influence Trace Element Accumulation: Findings for Filterers, Scrapers and Predators from the Po Basin. Biology 2020, 9, 288. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9090288
Pastorino P, Zaccaroni A, Doretto A, Falasco E, Silvi M, Dondo A, Elia AC, Prearo M, Bona F. Functional Feeding Groups of Aquatic Insects Influence Trace Element Accumulation: Findings for Filterers, Scrapers and Predators from the Po Basin. Biology. 2020; 9(9):288. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9090288
Chicago/Turabian StylePastorino, Paolo, Annalisa Zaccaroni, Alberto Doretto, Elisa Falasco, Marina Silvi, Alessandro Dondo, Antonia Concetta Elia, Marino Prearo, and Francesca Bona. 2020. "Functional Feeding Groups of Aquatic Insects Influence Trace Element Accumulation: Findings for Filterers, Scrapers and Predators from the Po Basin" Biology 9, no. 9: 288. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9090288