UW Leads Research That Finds Mountain Stoneflies Can Tolerate Warming of Streams
August 07, 2020
August 07, 2020
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 7 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
A group of researchers, led by the University of Wyoming, set out to determine whether stoneflies that live in extremely cold mountain streams could survive warming water temperatures. It turns out the insects, of which one of the species is listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, are more tolerant of warming water temperatures than first suspected.
Lusha Tronstad, lead invert . . .
A group of researchers, led by the University of Wyoming, set out to determine whether stoneflies that live in extremely cold mountain streams could survive warming water temperatures. It turns out the insects, of which one of the species is listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, are more tolerant of warming water temperatures than first suspected.
Lusha Tronstad, lead invert . . .