Systematics and comparative biology of aquatic insects

在《生物多样性公约》之后，保护生物多样性和以可持续方式利用生物资源在国际上得到了重视。 为了履行加拿大对《里约公约》的义务，环境问题常设委员会得出结论认为，加拿大政府的基本目标之一应当是建立加拿大生物多样性国家清单。 委员会还建议加拿大支持建立一个世界物种国际数据库。 由于生物多样性的文献主要是在系统生物学家的领域内进行的，因此必须维持和加强加拿大的系统学基础设施。 水生昆虫由于其在淡水食物链中的重要性和作为水质指标的实用性而得到高度优先重视。 它们还包括人类和其他动物最重要的疾病载体。

Conserving biodiversity and using biological resources in a sustainable manner has gained international prominence in the wake of the Convention on Biological Diversity. In order to meet Canada's obligations to the Rio Convention, the Standing Committee on Environment concluded that one of the fundamental goals of the Canadian Government should be to establishment of a National Inventory of Canada's biological diversity. The Committee further recommended that Canada support the creation of an international data bank of world species. As the documentation of biological diversity follows largely within the domain of systematic biologists, it is important that Canada's systematics infrastructure be maintained and enhanced. Aquatic insects command a high priority because of their importance in freshwater food chains and utility as indicators of water quality. They also include among the most important vectors of disease to humans and other animals.