The Odonata of Wayne County, MI: Inspiration for Renewed Monitoring of Urban Areas

Analysis of urban impacts on aquatic habitats in the central Amazon basin: Adult odonates as bioindicators of environmental quality

“…However, some studies in ponds and wetlands in Europe and North America. found an increase or no change in species richness of odonates with increasing urbanization (Craves and O'Brien, 2013;Goertzen and Suhling, 2013), but these species are less susceptible to changes in the environment than are forest species, since species characteristic of ponds and temporary puddles can live at high temperatures and with low concentrations of oxygen available for their offspring. Moreover, odonates in lentic environments are adapted to survive in temporary habitats and so have very fast larval development, tolerate large environmental variations and have a great capacity for dispersal that allows migration to areas with more favorable environmental characteristics (Corbet, 1999).…”

“…However, most studies evaluating the effects of urbanization that have been conducted in lentic environments such as lakes, ponds and temporary pools either claim that there is an increase in species richness (Ackerman and Galloway, 2003;Craves and O'Brien, 2013) or did not find any indication of change (Goertzen and Suhling, 2013). However, information on the effect of the urbanization on species in tropical rainforest is scarce or nonexistent (Monteiro-Júnior et al, 2014).…”

Damselfly (Odonata: Calopterygidae) Population Decline in an Urbanizing Watershed

“…This indicates that odonates may serve as bioindicators of both aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Observed effects of urbanization on Odonata species richness vary among studies: some works found a clear negative effect (e.g., Lubertazzi and Ginsberg 2010, Craves and O’Brien 2013, Goertzen and Suhling 2013), whereas others found no relationship (e.g., Monteiro-Júnior et al 2014, Prescott and Eason 2018, Rocha-Ortega et al 2019). These differences may be a problem of scale (Jeanmougin et al 2014) such as a lack of direct measurements of individual condition or fitness.…”

Species Richness of Adult Odonata in Labo River, Ozamiz City, Philippines

“…Odonata is attracted to surfaces with reflective patterns such as crude oil because it recognizes water via polarized light. Attempts to oviposit on these surfaces which are very common in urbanized areas can be fatal to the Odonata species (Craves & O'Brien, 2013). Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) was the abundant species collected (N=9).…”