Ephemeropteran and Trichopteran Assemblages Vary Across a Subtropical Rainforest Altitudinal Gradient: Useful Indicators for Climate Change.

ABSTRACT: The subtropical rainforests of eastern Australia are expected to be greatly affected by climate change, with several studies predicting an upward shift in elevational distribution for many groups of fauna and flora. Freshwater streams have so far been neglected by most studies involving elevation, climate change and subtropical rainforest. This study is the first to explore changes in macroinvertebrates across an elevational gradient within subtropical streams to determine the effect of elevation. The study focussed on Ephemeroptera and Trichoptera (ET) and identified indicator taxa with the potential to be used for future monitoring of climate change. Stream macroinvertebrates, specifically of the Orders Ephemeroptera and Trichoptera, and environmental data was collected from pools, riffl

SUBMITTER: Pagotto D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12862282 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature