{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["1233"],"submitter":["Bitusik P"],"pubmed_abstract":["Lakes at high altitudes are extremely sensitive to environmental stressors at both local and global scales, making them important sentinels of the changing world. Chironomidae, the most diverse group of benthic macroinvertebrates inhabiting mountain lakes, respond to various environmental impacts, making them important bioindicators of the lake's ecological status. This study aimed to provide the first insight into chironomid diversity in high-altitude lakes from two mountain ranges of the Romanian Eastern Carpathians: the Maramures, and the Rodna Mountains. Floating chironomid material was collected by skimming the water surface with a hand net from 16 lakes at elevations ranging from 1378 to 1922 m a.s.l. A total of 50 species/ taxa were collected, including nine new records for Romania."],"journal":["ZooKeys"],"pagination":["107-123"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11971640"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Chironomidae (Diptera) from mountain lakes of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania: First records and insight into diversity."],"pmcid":["PMC11971640"],"pubmed_authors":["Bitusik P","Novikmec M","Dudas A","Slobodnikova V","Hamerlik L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Chironomidae (Diptera) from mountain lakes of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania: First records and insight into diversity.","description":"Lakes at high altitudes are extremely sensitive to environmental stressors at both local and global scales, making them important sentinels of the changing world. Chironomidae, the most diverse group of benthic macroinvertebrates inhabiting mountain lakes, respond to various environmental impacts, making them important bioindicators of the lake's ecological status. This study aimed to provide the first insight into chironomid diversity in high-altitude lakes from two mountain ranges of the Romanian Eastern Carpathians: the Maramures, and the Rodna Mountains. Floating chironomid material was collected by skimming the water surface with a hand net from 16 lakes at elevations ranging from 1378 to 1922 m a.s.l. A total of 50 species/ taxa were collected, including nine new records for Romania.","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025","modification":"2026-05-29T15:20:32.517Z","creation":"2026-04-08T05:17:55.971Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11971640","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40191541"],"doi":["10.3897/zookeys.1233.142856"]}}