Author
Holloway and Foster
Year
2018
Volume
14
Issue
3
Centre
Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve
Categories
Freshwater biology
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Abstract

Riparian habitats host a wide range of beetle species. Many of these species are quite rare, partly because so many streams are polluted to varying degrees and are frequently modified to facilitate water flow. Slapton Wood stream is neither heavily polluted nor modified. This short article reports on the species of beetle found along Slapton Wood stream and how many of these species forage at the interface between the water and drier exposed riparian sediments.