Assemblages of Dragonfly Species that Emerged from Small Wetlands Along an Urbanization Gradient Within the State of Rhode Island, from May to October 2004.

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AN: NB32B-04 [Abstracts]
TI: Assemblages of Dragonfly Species that Emerged from Small Wetlands Along an Urbanization Gradient Within the State of Rhode Island, from May to October 2004.
AU: * Aliberti, M A
EM: mali5900@postoffice.uri.edu
AF: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, DEPT. PLANT SCIENCES & ENTOMOLOGY, WOODWARD HALL, KINGSTON, RI 02881-0804 United States
AB: Dragonfly exuviae were collected during six visits to 21 small wetlands, from mid-May through mid-October 2004. The 21 palustrine wetlands range from highly anthropogenic sites in greater Providence, to small, natural ponds in rural Rhode Island. Exuviae were identified to species in the laboratory. Dragonfly communities are analyzed for assemblage patterns. Land-use in surrounding wetland buffers, along with water quality measurements, are evaluated for landscape and environmental factors which affect species distributions.
DE: 1803 Anthropogenic effects
DE: 1890 Wetlands
DE: 9901 NABS Student Award - Basic Research
SC: North American Benthological Society [NB]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly