Wastewater processing has improved a lot over the past 100y… Effluent flows in the Santa Cruz were colonized by 46 odonate sp within only 10mo!
https://t.co/DwIweKtuhb
#freshwaterdownunder https://t.co/BRg3QCxfph
Open access paper on the return of dragonflies to the Santa Cruz River once flows were restored can be found here: https://t.co/ftECkWAuCT @mtbogan #DFC2021
@LisaLeB57663310 @mdcampbell @TucsonWater Yes, we do measure water quality every month! And yes, there are quite a few cute critters that have quickly made the Santa Cruz River Heritage Project their home. You can read here about some of them: https://t.co/zMQDc2bjOF
Next, we studied a *brand-new* effluent-fed reach, @TucsonWater's Santa Cruz River Heritage Project. Dragonflies colonized the new habitat SO QUICKLY-- we detected over 45 species within 10 months! (4/x) #Tucson https://t.co/zMQDc2bjOF
#3 If you build it, they will come: rapid colonization by dragonflies in a new effluent-dependent river reach
Read the full @thePeerJ article https://t.co/uFpZOuKaOp