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| Title | Culturing mayflies in the laboratory |
| Group | Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | variable |
| Supervisor(s) | Ivo Roessink (Wageningen Environmental Research)
Edwin Peeters |
| Examiner(s) | Edwin Peeters |
| Contact info | Edwin Peeters (0317-483899; edwin.peeters@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2018/02/01 |
| End date | 2020/12/31 |
| Description | Mayflies are good indicators of water quality because they are amongst the most sensitive freshwater invertebrates regarding organic contaminants (i.e. pesticides). Currently mayflies are used in laboratory testing but in Europe all test organisms are still collected in the field. This presents some difficulties because the condition and/or age of the collected organisms can vary throughout the season. Within this research an attempt is made to start a controlled laboratory culture of a commonly occurring mayfly (Cloeon sp.). The experiments will be carried out in the laboratory at Wageningen Environmental Research in Wageningen, The Netherlands. |
| Used skills | laboratory skill |
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