Sean C. Emmons

Comparing morphological and molecular methods for stream macroinvertebrate biodiversity assessment across seven watersheds in the southern United States

Freshwater biodiversity is declining at alarming rates globally, yet our capacity to monitor it depends heavily on the methods used for biodiversity assessment. Stream benthic macroinvertebrates are widely used as bioindicators, but traditional morphological identification is labor-intensive and limited by taxonomic ex...