Aquatic invertebrates of prairie wetlands : community composition, ecological roles, and impacts of agriculture / Dale A. Wrubleski and Lisette C.M. Ross.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-116).

The southern portions of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta are covered with millions of small water-filled depressions called prairie potholes. These wetlands provide habitat for a diverse array of aquatic invertebrates, which provide an important food resource for the abundant fauna that use these wetlands. Other functions and values of the aquatic invertebrates are not as well known. More information is needed on taxonomic composition and basic ecology so that we can better understand their role in the wetland trophic dynamics and wetland functioning. This information would also help us to better understand the factors that regulate community composition and abundance, and how agriculture and other anthropogenic impacts are contributing to losses of wetland biodiversity and functioning.