laboratories
Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
Office: Darwin, DW-021
Phone: (+593 2) 297-1700 ext. 1441
E-mail: labecoacuatica@usfq.edu.ec
Approach
Freshwater ecosystems, apart from being vital for providing us with essential resources for our survival, are complex, dynamic, biodiverse, and mysterious. They inspire us to study, appreciate and conserve them. That is why at the Aquatic Ecology Laboratory (LEA), we are passionate about researching the biology and ecology of these ecosystems.
Projects
Our projects cover different areas, such as:
- Taxonomy of aquatic invertebrates and freshwater fish, to understand the composition, biodiversity, and conservation in different Ecuadorian freshwater ecosystems.
- Research on the behavioral ecology, populations, and aquatic communities to conceive the country's freshwater ecosystems' fascinating dynamics.
- Studies about the functioning and ecological processes in rivers and streams from various ecological hierarchy levels. We investigate the changes in the composition and structure of the main ecological processes: water cycle, biochemical (or nutrient) cycles, energy flow, and community dynamics and their effects in different places of the country.
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In addition, we try to understand processes such as the decomposition of the leaf litter in tropical rivers and its implication in these ecosystems. Despite being a crucial ecological process, it is little known. We seek to understand the relationship of this ecosystem's process with the structure and composition of tropical river organisms.
- We conduct applied projects related to bio-monitoring of freshwaters and the maintenance of ecological flows to contribute to the conservation of rivers and the integrated management of Ecuadorian water resources.
- We monitor the hydrology of Ecuadorian rivers. For this, 67 loggers have been distributed and installed throughout the country. This allows us to obtain information on the flow of these monitored rivers. Additionally, ecological data is taken in each of the ecosystems to complement these places' eco-hydrological information.
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We undertake research in the enchanted Galapagos Islands. This project aims to investigate the structure and composition of the invertebrate communities living in freshwater ecosystems. In this way, we are able to understand the relationship of these organisms with the environmental variables that each of these ecosystems has.
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We have recently participated in several projects and initiatives for research, monitoring, and conservation of Andean-Amazonian gradient within a diversity of issues (invertebrates and fish), climate change, and the effect of hydrological alterations in montane rivers. Despite its importance, this gradient faces serious threats, and its conservation is our responsibility.
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We also work on citizen science through institutions that seek to generate information on fish and water at a basin scale. In this way, citizen scientists commit as informed and empowered actors to manage sustainable fisheries and conserve wetlands.
Publications - Scientific articles
| Year | Title | Authors | Document |
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| 2020 | Invertebrate response to impacts of water diversion and flow regulation in high‐altitude tropical streams | Rosero-Lopez, D., Knighton, J., Lloret P., Encalada, A.C. | Download |
| 2020 | Temperature dependence of metabolic rate in tropical and temperate aquatic insects: Support for the Climate Variability Hypothesis in mayflies but not stoneflies | Shah AA, Woods HA, Havird JC, Encalada AC, Flecker A, Funk C, Guayasamin J, Kondratieff B, LeRoy Poff N, Thomas S, Zamudio K, Ghalambor C. | Download |
| 2020 | New Ecuadorian records of the eyeless banjo catfish Micromyzon akamai (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) expand the species range and reveal intraspecific morphological variation | Junior Chuctaya, Andrea C. Encalada, Karla S. Barragán, Maria L. Torres, Karla E. Rojas, Valeria Ochoa-Herrera, Tiago P. Carvalho | Download |
| 2020 | Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Fluxes From Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments in a High-Altitude Tropical Catchment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 125: e2020JG005844. | Schneider, C. L., M. Herrera, M. L. Raisle, A. R. Murray, K. M. Whitmore, A. C. Encalada, E. Suarez, and D. A. Riveros-Iregui. | Download |
| 2020 | Identifying Stream Invertebrates as Plant Litter Consumers | Luz Boyero, Richard G Pearson, Ricardo J. Albarino, Marcos Callisto, Francisco J. Correa-Araneda, Andrea C. Encalada, Frank Onderi Masese, Marcelo S Moretti, Alonso Ramirez, April E. Sparkman, Christopher M. Swan, Catherine M. Yule, Manuel Graça | Download |
| 2020 | Darwin Returns to the Galapagos: Genetic and MorphologicalAnalyses Confirm the Presence of Tramea darwini at theArchipelago (Odonata, Libellulidae) | María Olalla Lorenzo-Carballa, Rosser W. Garrison, Andrea C. Encalada and Adolfo Cordero-Rivera | Download |
| 2019 | Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones | S. D. Tiegs, D. M. Costello, M. W. Isken, G. Woodward, P. B. McIntyre, M. O. Gessner, E. Chauvet, N. A. Griffiths, A. S. Flecker, V. Acuña, R. Albariño, D. C. Allen, C. Alonso, P. Andino, C. Arango, J. Aroviita, M. V. M. Barbosa, L. A. Barmuta, C. V. Baxter, T. D. C. Bell, B. Bellinger, L. Boyero, L. E. Brown, A. Bruder, D. A. Bruesewitz, F. J. Burdon, M. Callisto, C. Canhoto, K. A. Capps, M. M. Castillo, J. Clapcott, F. Colas, C. Colón-Gaud, J. Cornut, V. Crespo-Pérez, W. F. Cross, J. M. Culp, M. Danger, O. Dangles, E. de Eyto, A. M. Derry, V. D. Villanueva, M. M. Douglas, A. Elosegi, A. C. Encalada, S. Entrekin, R. Espinosa, D. Ethaiya, V. Ferreira, C. Ferriol, K. M. Flanagan, T. Fleituch, J. J. Follstad Shah, A. Frainer, N. Friberg, P. C. Frost, E. A. Garcia, L. García Lago, P. E. García Soto, S. Ghate, D. P. Giling, A. Gilmer, J. F. Gonçalves Jr., R. K. Gonzales, M. A. S. Graça, M. Grace, H.-P. Grossart, F. Guérold, V. Gulis, L. U. Hepp, S. Higgins, T. Hishi, J. Huddart, J. Hudson, S. Imberger, C. Iñiguez-Armijos, T. Iwata, D. J. Janetski, E. Jennings, A. E. Kirkwood, A. A. Koning, S. Kosten, K. A. Kuehn, H. Laudon, P. R. Leavitt, A. L. Lemes da Silva, S. J. Leroux, C. J. LeRoy, P. J. Lisi, R. MacKenzie, A. M. Marcarelli, F. O. Masese, B. G. McKie, A. O. Medeiros, K. Meissner, M. Miliša, S. Mishra, Y. Miyake, A. Moerke, S. Mombrikotb, R. Mooney, T. Moulton, T. Muotka, J. N. Negishi, V. Neres-Lima, M. L. Nieminen, J. Nimptsch, J. Ondruch, R. Paavola, I. Pardo, C. J. Patrick, E. T. H. M. Peeters, J. Pozo, C. Pringle, A. Prussian, E. Quenta, A. Quesada, B. Reid, J. S. Richardson, A. Rigosi, J. Rincón, G. Rîşnoveanu, C. T. Robinson, L. Rodríguez-Gallego, T. V. Royer, J. A. Rusak, A. C. Santamans, G. B. Selmeczy, G. Simiyu, A. Skuja, J. Smykla, K. R. Sridhar, R. Sponseller, A. Stoler, C. M. Swan, D. Szlag, F. Teixeira-de Mello, J. D. Tonkin, S. Uusheimo, A. M. Veach, S. Vilbaste, L. B. M. Vought, C.-P. Wang, J. R. Webster, P. B. Wilson, S. Woelfl, M. A. Xenopoulos, A. G. Yates, C. Yoshimura, C. M. Yule, Y. X. Zhang, J. A. Zwart | Download |
| 2019 | Energy development reveals blind spots for ecosystem conservation in the Amazon Basin | Elizabeth P Anderson, Tracey Osborne, Javier A Maldonado-Ocampo, Megan Mills-Novoa, Leandro Castello, Mariana Montoya, Andrea C Encalada, and Clinton N Jenkins | Download |
| 2019 | Survival and longevity in neotropical damselflies (Odonata, Polythoridae) | Cordero–Rivera, A., Sanmartín–Villar, I., Sánchez Herrera, M., Rivas–Torres, A., Encalada, A. C | Download |
| 2019 | Philogenia gaiae sp. nov.(Zygoptera: Philogeniidae) and description of the female of P. macuma Dunkle, 1986, two species from the Ecuadorean lowland rainforest. | Silva-Vilela, D., Rhainer, G., Ferreira, G., Encalada, AC., Cordero-Rivera, A. | Download |
| 2019 | Spatial prediction of stream physicochemical parameters for the Napo River Basin, Ecuador | Alexander V. Alexiades, Andrea C. Encalada, Janeth Lessmann & Juan M.Guayasamin | Download |
| 2019 | Validating anthropogenic threat maps as a tool for assessing river ecological integrity in Andean-Amazon basins. PEERJ 7. | Lessmann, J., M. J. Troya, A. S. Flecker, W. C. Funk, J. M. Guayasamin, V. Ochoa-Herrera, N. L. Poff, E. Suarez, and A. C. Encalada. | Download |
| 2019 | Nutrient recycling by insect and fish communities in high-elevation tropical streams | Carla L. Atkinson .Alexander V. Alexiades .Keeley L. MacNeill .Andrea C. Encalada .Steve A. Thomas .Alexander S. Flecker | Download |
| 2019 | A global perspective on tropical montane rivers. | Encalada, A. C., A. S. Flecker, N. L. Poff, E. Suarez, G. A. Herrera-R, B. Rios-Touma, S. Jumani, E. I. Larson, and E. P. Anderson. | Download |
| 2019 | Biodiversity of leaf litter fungi in streams along a latitudinal gradient | Sahadevan Seena, Felix Bärlocher, Olímpia Sobral, Mark O. Gessner,David Dudgeon, Brendan G. McKie, Eric Chauvet, Luz Boyero, Verónica Ferreira, Andre Frainer, Andreas Bruder, Christoph D. Matthaei, Stefano Fenoglio, Kandikere R. Sridhar, Ricardo J. Albariño, Michael M. Douglas, Andrea C. Encalada, Erica Garcia, Sudeep D. Ghate, Darren P. Giling, Vítor Gonçalves y Tomoya Iwata, Andrea Landeira-Dabarca, Damien McMaster, Adriana O. Medeiros, Josheena Naggea, Jesús Pozo, Pedro M. Raposeiro y Christopher M. Swan, Nathalie S.D. Tenkiano, Catherine M. Yule, Manuel A.S. Graça | Download |
| 2019 | Hydrologic-Biogeochemical Connections Across the Terrestrial-Aquatic Interface in Tropical Andean Watersheds | Diego A Riveros-Iregui, Andrew Roderick Murray, Andrea Encalada, Esteban Suarez, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres | Download |
| 2019 | Spatiotemporal Assessments of Greenhouse Gas Production and Flux in Headwater Tropical Streams | Andrew Roderick Murray, Diego Riveros-Iregui, Andrea Encalada, Esteban Suarez, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres | Download |
| 2019 | Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Carbon Fluxes from Surface Waters in Tropical, Alpine, Headwater Catchments | Maribel Herrera, Diego Riveros-Iregui, Andrew Roderick Murray, Andrea Encalada, Esteban Suarez, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres | Download |
| 2019 | Classifying Hydrologic Regimes of the Amazon | Siddiqui, S.; Zapata-Rios, X.; Kaplan, D. A.; Torres, S. J.; Encalada, A.; Anderson, E.; Allaire, M. | Download |
| 2019 | Demography and territorial behaviour of three species of the genus Hetaerina along three tropical stream ecosystems (Odonata: Calopterygidae) | María Virginia Gabela-Flores, Iago Sanmartín-Villar, Anais Rivas-Torres, Andrea C. Encalada & Adolfo Cordero-Rivera | Download |
| 2018 | Are mountain passes more dangerous in the tropics? Interannual community stability along elevation and disturbance gradients in temperate and tropical streams | Erin I Larson, Andrea C Encalada, N LeRoy Poff, Alexander Flecker | Download |
| 2018 | Cold/Warm stenothermic freshwater macroinvertebrates along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients in Western South America: A modern approach to an old hypothesis with updated data | Dos Santos D.A., Molineri C., Nieto, C., Zuñiga M.C., Emmerich D., Fierro P., Pessacq P., Rios-Touma B., Márquez, J., Gomez D., Salles F.F, Encalada A.C., Príncipe R., Gómez G.C., Valdovinos-Zarges C., & E. Domínguez | Download |
| 2018 | Determinants of food resource assimilation by stream insects along a tropical elevation gradient | Atkinson C.L., Encalada A.C., Rugenski A.T., Thomas S.A., Landeira-Dabarca A., Poff N.L. & A. S. Flecker | Download |
| 2018 | Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams | Anderson E.A., Jenkins C.N., Heilpern S., Maldonado-Ocampo J.A., Carvajal-Vallejos F.M., Encalada A.C., Rivadeneira J.F., Hidalgo M., Cañas C.M., Ortega H., Salcedo N., Maldonado M. & P.A. Tedesco | Download |
| 2018 | Calidad de los rios y salud de los ecosistemas acuaticos en la Amazonia= Qualité des rivières et et santé des écosystèmes aquatiques en Amazonie | Laurence Maurice, J Mena, C Moreno, J Prunier, L Laffont, V Ochoa-Herrera, AC Encalada | Download |
| 2018 | Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains | Nicholas R. Polatoa, Brian A. Gillb, Alisha A. Shahb, Miranda M. Graya, Kayce L. Casnerb, Antoine Bartheletd, Philipp W. Messerd, Mark P. Simmonsb, Juan M. Guayasamine,f, Andrea C. Encalada, Boris C. Kondratieffb, Alexander S. Flecker, Steven A. Thomas, Cameron K. Ghalamborb, N. LeRoy Poffb, W. Chris Funk, and Kelly R. Zamudioa, | Download |
| 2017 | Female polymorphism and colour variability in Argia oculata (Coenagrionidae: Zygoptera) | Sanmartín-Villar I., Rivas-Torres A., Gabela-Flores M. V., Encalada A.C. & A. Cordero-Rivera | Download |
| 2017 | Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude | Boyero, L., M. A. S. Graça, A. M. Tonin, J. Pérez, A. J. Swafford, V. Ferreira, A. Landeira-Dabarca, M. A. Alexandrou, M. O. Gessner, B. G. McKie, R. J. Albariño, L. A. Barmuta, M. Callisto, J. Chará, E. Chauvet, C. Colón-Gaud, D. Dudgeon, A. C. Encalada, R. Figueroa, A. S. Flecker, T. Fleituch, A. Frainer, J. F. Gonçalves Jr, J. E. Helson, T. Iwata, J. Mathooko, C. M’Erimba, C. M. Pringle, A. Ramírez, C. M. Swan, C. M. Yule, and R. G. Pearson | Download |
| 2017 | Climate variability predicts thermal limits of aquatic insects across elevation and latitude | Shah A., Gill B., Encalada A.C., Flecker A.S., Funk W.C., Guayasamin, J.M., Kondratieff B., Poff N. L., Thomas S., Zamudio, K.R., and C. Ghalambor | Download |
| 2017 | Distribution and Habitat Suitability of Andean Climbing Catfish in the Napo River Basin, Ecuador | Alexiades, A.V., & A.C. Encalada | Download |
| 2017 | Genetic diversity and gene flow decline with elevation in montane mayflies | Polato N.R., Gray M.M., Gil B.A., Kasner B.A., Becker C.G., Flecker A.S., Kondratief B.C., Encalada A.C., Poff N.L., Funk W.C. and K.R. Zamudio | Download |
| 2016 | Bridging Theory and Practice for Hydrological Monitoring in Water Funds | Encalada A.C., Suárez E., Schrekinger, J., Arboleda R., Sánchez M.E., Benítez S., Sáenz M., Domínguez D., Galindo G., Higgins J., Petry P., L. Bremer L. | Download |
| 2016 | Parthenogenesis did not consistently evolve in insular populations of Ischnura hastata (Odonata, Coenagrionidae) | Lorenzo-Carballa M.O., Hassall C., Encalada, A.C. Sanmartín-Villar I., Torres-Cambas Y. And A. Cordero-Rivera | Download |
| 2016 | Freshwater vertebrate and invertebrate diversity patterns in an Andean-Amazon basin: implications for conservation efforts | Lessmann, J., Guayasamin, J. M., Casner, K.L., Flecker, A. S., Funk,C.W., Ghalambor, C.K., Gill B.A., Jácome-Negrete, I., Kondratieff, B.C., Poff, L. N., Schreckinger, J., Thomas, S.A., Toral-Contreras, E.T., Zamudio K. R. & Andrea C. Encalada | Download |
| 2016 | Cryptic species diversity reveals biogeographic support for the 'Mountain Passes are Higher in the Tropics' Hypothesis | Gill, B., Kondratieff, B., Casner, K., Encalada, C. A., Flecker, A., Gannon, D., Ghalambor, C., Guayasamin, J., Poff, L., Simmons, M., Thomas, S., Zamudio, K., & C.W. Funk | Download |
| 2016 | Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study | Boyero, L. Pearson, R.G., Swan, C.M., Hui, C., Gessner, M.O., Pérez, J., Alexandrou, M.A., Graca M.A.S., Cardinale B.J., Albariño, R.J., Arunachalam,M., Barmuta, L.A., Boulton, A.J., Bruder, A., Callisto, M., Chauvet E., Death, R., Dudgeon, D., Encalada, A.C., Ferreira, V., igueroa, R., Flecker A.S., Goncalvez, Jr., Helson J.E., Iwata T., Jinggut T., Mathooko, J.M., Mathuriau, C., M’Erimba, C. Moretti M.S., Pringle, M., Ramirez, A., Ratnarajah, L., Rincón, J. & C. M. Yule | Download |
| 2016 | Towards catchment classification in data-scarce regions | Auerbach, D.A., Buchanan, B.P., Alexiades, A.V., Anderson, E.P. Encalada, A.C., Larson, E.I. McManamay, R.A. Poe, G.L. Walter, M.T. and A.S. Flecker | Download |
| 2016 | Evidence for isolation among mountains but not between stream types in Ecuador’s highest altitude mayfly | Finn D. S., Encalada, A.C., & H. Hampel | Download |
| 2016 | The status of Rhionaeschna galapagoensis (Currie, 1901) with notes on its biology and a description of its ultimate instar larva (Odonata: Aeshnidae) | Encalada, A.C., Cordero-Rivera, A., Sánchez-Guillén, R.A., Santolamazza-Carbone S. & N. von Ellenrieder | Download |
| 2015 | Latitudinal gradient of nestedness and its potential drivers in stream detritivores | Boyero, L. Pearson, R.G., Swan, C.M., Hui, C., Albariño, R.J., Arunachalam,M., Callisto, M., Chará, J. Chará-Serna A.C., Chauvet E., Cornejo, A., Dudgeon, D., Encalada, A.C., Ferreira, V., Gessner, M.G. Gonçalves Jr, J.F., Graça, M. A. S., Helson J.E., Mathooko, J.M., McKie, B. G., Moretti M.S. & C. M. Yule | Download |
| 2015 | Effects of exotic trout on benthic communities in high-Andean tropical streams | Vimos, D. J., Encalada, A.C., Rios-Touma, B., Suarez E. & N. Prat | Download |
| 2015 | Leaf litter breakdown in tropical streams: is variability the norm | Luz Boyero,Richard G. Pearson, Mark O. Gessner, David Dudgeon, Alonso Ramírez, Catherine M. Yule, Marcos Callisto, Catherine M. Pringle, Andrea C. Encalada, Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam, Jude Mathooko, Julie E. Helson, José Rincón, Andreas Bruder, Aydeé Cornejo Alexander S. Flecker, Catherine Mathuriau, Charles M’Erimba, José F. Gonçalves Jr, Marcelo Moretti, and Tajang Jinggut | Download |
| 2015 | A conceptual model of litter breakdown in low order streams | Graca, M. A. S., Ferreira V., Canhoto C., Encalada A.C., Guerrero-Bolano F., Wantzen K.M. & L. Boyero | Download |
| 2015 | A comparative analysis reveals weak relationships between ecological factors and beta diversity of stream insect metacommunities at two spatial levels | Jani Heino*, Adriano S. Melo*, Luis Mauricio Bini*, Florian Altermatt, Salman A. Al-Shami, David G. Angeler, Nuria Bonada, Cecilia Brand, Marcos Callisto, Karl Cottenie, Olivier Dangles, David Dudgeon, Andrea Encalada, Emma Gothe, Mira Gronroos, Neusa Hamada, Dean Jacobsen, Victor L. Landeiro, Raphael Ligeiro, Renato T. Martins, Mar?a Laura Miserendino, Che Salmah Md Rawi, Marciel E. Rodrigues, Fabio de Oliveira Roque, Leonard Sandin, Denes Schmera, Luciano F. Sgarbi , John P. Simaika, Tadeu Siqueira, Ross M. Thompson & Colin R. Townsend | Download |
| 2014 | Las colecciones científicas: percepciones y verdades sobre su valor y necesidad | Swing, K., Denkinger, J., Carvajal L.V, Encalada, A.C., Silva X., Coloma L.A., Guerra J.F., Campos Yánez, F., Zak, V., Riera P., Rivadeneira, J.F., & H. Valdebenito | Download |
| 2014 | Contaminants as habitat disturbers: PAH-driven drift by Andean páramo stream insects | Araujo, C., Moreira-Santos, M, Sousa, J.P., Ochoa-Herrera, V., Encalada, A.C. & R. Ribeiro | Download |
| 2014 | Active avoidance from a crude oil soluble fraction by an Andean páramo copepod. Ecotoxicology | Araujo, C., Moreira-Santos, M., Sousa, J.P., Ochoa-Herrera, V., Encalada, A.C. & R. Ribeiro | Download |
| 2013 | Land Use and Water Quality in a Rural Cloud Forest Region (Intag, Ecuador) | Knee, K.L. & A. C. Encalada | Download |
| 2013 | Influence of vegetation types and ground cover on soil water infiltration capacity in a high-altitude páramo ecosystem | Suárez E., Arcos E., Moreno C., Encalada, A.C. y M. Álvarez | Download |
| 2012 | Oviposition of Aquatic Insects in a Tropical High Altitude Stream | Ríos-Touma, B., A.C. Encalada, & N. Prat Fornells | Download |
| 2012 | Effects of litter diversity on decomposition and biological colonization of submerged litter in temperate and tropical streams | Ferreira, V., Encalada, A.C. & M.A.S. Graça | Download |
| 2012 | Invertebrate drift and colonization processes in a tropical Andean stream | Ríos-Touma, B., Prat Fornells, N. & A.C. Encalada | Download |
| 2012 | Large-scale manipulation of mayfly recruitment affects population size | Encalada, A.C. & Peckarsky, B.L. | Download |
| 2011 | Macroinvertebrate Assemblages of an Andean High-Altitude Tropical Stream: The Importance of Season and Flow | Ríos-Touma, B., Encalada A.C., & N. Prat Fornells | Download |
| 2011 | Global distribution of a key trophic guild contrasts with common latitudinal diversity patterns | Boyero, L., Pearson,R.G., Dudgeon, D., Graça, M.A.S., Gessner, M.O., Albariño, R.J., Ferreira, V. Yule, C.M., Boulton, A.J., Arunachalam, M., Callisto, M., Chauvet, E., Ramírez, A., Chará, J., Moretti, M.S., Gonçalves, J.F. Jr., Helson,J.E., Chará-Serna, A.M., Encalada, A.C., Davies, J.N., Lamothe, S., Cornejo, A., Castela, J. Li, A.O.Y., Buria, L.M., Villanueva, V. D., Zúñiga, M.D. and C. M. Pringle. | Download |
| 2011 | The influence of recruitment on within-generation population dynamics of a mayfly | Encalada, A.C., and B. L. Peckarsky | Download |
| 2011 | Why do vulnerable mayflies thrive in trout streams? | Peckarsky, B.L., Encalada, A.C., McIntosh | Download |
| 2011 | Global patterns of stream detritivores distribution: implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates | Boyero L., Pearson R.G., Dudgeon D., Ferreira V., Graça, M.A.S., Gessner M.O., Boulton A.J., Chauvet E., Yule C.M., Albariño R.J., Ramírez A., Helson J.E., Callisto M., Arunachalam M., Chará J., Figueroa R., Mathooko J.M., Gonçalves J.F.Jr, Moretti M.S., Chará-Serna A.M., Davies J.D., Encalada A.C., Lamothe S., Buria L.M., Castela J., Cornejo A., Li A.O.Y, M’Erimba C., Díaz Villanueva V., Zúñiga M., Swan C.M. and Barmuta L.A. | Download |
| 2011 | Leaf litter breakdown across three flooding regimes in a seasonally-flooded Amazonian watershed | Capps, K., Graça, M.A.S., Encalada, A.C. and A. Flecker | Download |
| 2010 | Riparian land use and the relationship between the benthos and litter decomposition in tropical montane streams | Encalada, A.C., Calles, J. Ferreira, V., C. Canhoto and Graça, M.C. | Download |
| 2009 | Leaf litter dynamics and its use by invertebrates in a high-alitude tropical Andean Stream | Ríos Touma B., Encalada, A.C., Prat Fornell, N. | Download |
| 2009 | Evaluación de la calidad de agua a través de macroinvertebrados bentónicos e índices biológicos en ríos tropicales en bosque de neblina montano,Arroyo D.C & A.C. Encalada. | Arroyo D.C & A.C. Encalada. | Download |
| 2008 | Hydraulic and geomorphic effects on mayfly drift in high-gradient streams at moderate discharges | Wilcox,A.C., Peckarsky, B.L., Taylor, B.W. and Encalada, A.C. | Download |
| 2007 | A comparative study of the costs of alternative mayfly oviposition behaviors | Encalada, A.C. and B.L. Peckarsky | Download |
| 2006 | Selective oviposition behavior of the mayfly Baetis bicaudatus | Encalada, A.C. and B.L. Peckarsky | Download |
| 2005 | Are populations of mayflies living in adjacent fish and fishless streams genetically differentiated? | Peckarsky, B.L. Hughes, J.M., Mather P.B. Hillyer, M. and Encalada A.C. | Download |
| 1998 | Are populations of mayflies living in adjacent fish and fishless streams genetically differentiated? | Jacobsen, D. & A. C. Encalada. | Download |
| 1997 | Structure and diversity of stream invertebrate assemblages: the influence of temperature with altitude and latitude | Jacobsen, D., R. Schultz & A. C. Encalada. | Download |
Publications - Non academic articles
| Year | Title | Authors | Document |
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| 2019 | Drivers of nutrient uptake in tropical and temperate streams | Keeley L MacNeill, Brady S Kohler, Andrea C Encalada, Steven A Rosi, Alexander S Flecker, Corson Hall | Download |
| 2014 | Diagnostico de la calidad ecologica de los rios y la vegetacion de ribera de las zonas de manejo del FONAG | Encalada, A.C., Suárez, E. Schrekinger J, Arboleda R. & M.E. Sánchez | Download |
| 2011 | Diagnóstico de la integridad ecológica y la calidad del agua de los ríos en las zonas de manejo del Fondo de Protección de Agua para Quito FONAG | Encalada, A.C., Ibarra, C. & M.C. de la Paz | Download |
| 2010 | Funciones ecosistémicas y diversidad de los ríos: Reflexiones sobre el concepto de caudal ecológico y su aplicación en el Ecuador | Encalada, A.C. | Download |
| 2010 | Diseño de una estrategia de muestreo, análisis y monitoreo de parámetros de vertidos para la protección de los cuerpos y fuentes de agua mediante la identificación y caracterización de capacidad local instalada en las provincias de Bolívar, Los Ríos, Manabí y Esmeraldas | Peñafiel, R., Ochoa, V., Encalada, A.C., Regalado, D. & C. Ibarra | Download |
| 2005 | Evaluación Ecológica de Paisaje de la Provincia de Cotopaxi | Encalada, A.C. y Martínez, C. | Download |
Publications - Books or book chapters
| Year | Title | Authors | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bridging Theory and Practice for Hydrological Monitoring in Water Funds,Chapter 2: FONAG | In: Bremer, L., Vogl, A. L. De Bièvre, B., & P. Petry: Encalada A.C., Suárez E., Schrekinger, J., Arboleda R., Sánchez M.E., Benítez S., Sáenz M., Domínguez D., Galindo G., Higgins J., Petry P., L. Bremer L | Download |
| 2013 | Flores comunes de los páramos de Palugillo, Papallacta y Antisana | Suárez, E. Encalada, A.C., & M. Álvarez | Download |
| 2011 | Protocolo simplificado y guía de evaluación de la calidad ecológica y ríos andinos (CERA-s) | Encalada, A.C., Rieradevall, M. Ríos-Touma, B. García, N. y Prat, N. | Download |
| 2011 | Biodiversity in aquatic system of the tropical Andes | Maldonado, M., Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., Ortega, H., Encalada, A.C., Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M., Rivadeneira, J.F., Acosta, F., Jacobsen, D., Crespo, A. and Rivera-Rondón, C.A. In: Herzog, S.K., Martínez, R., Jørgensen, P.M. and Tiessen, H. (Editors). Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Tropical Andes. | Download |
| 2011 | Environmental flows: a tool for addressing effects of river alterations and climate change in the Andes | Anderson E.P., Encalada A.C., Maldonado-Ocampo J.A., McClain M.E., Ortega H, and Wilcox B.P. In: Herzog, S.K., Martínez, R., Jørgensen, P.M. and Tiessen, H. (Editors). | Download |
| 2006 | Integridad Ecológica de la Provincia de Cotopaxi, Ecuador | Encalada, A.C. y Martínez, C. en: Atlas de la Provincia de Cotopaxi. C. Martínez (Ed.) | Download |
Work team
- Andrea Encalada – Laboratory Director
- Daniela Rosero – Postdoctoral Researcher
- Giovanny Mosquera – Postdoctoral Researcher
- Daniel Escobar – Postdoctoral Researcher
- José Daza – Research Assistant
- Segundo Chimbolema – Research Assistant
- Carla Villamarín – Laboratory Assistant
OUR VISION
The Aquatic Ecology Laboratory (LEA) vision is to investigate freshwater ecosystems’ biology and ecology.
OUR MISSION
The Aquatic Ecology Laboratory (LEA) mission is to research and generate knowledge about the biology and ecology of freshwater ecosystems, emphasizing lotic ecosystems. We carry out projects within various topics such as taxonomy of freshwater invertebrates, behavioral ecology, populations, and aquatic communities. We study how rivers and streams work together with their ecological processes. We also carry out applied projects related to bio-monitoring of fresh water and the maintenance of ecological flows to contribute to the conservation of rivers and the integrated management of water resources in Ecuador.
