Assemblages of aquatic insects are structured by multiple biotic and abiotic conditions, including temperature, salinity and oxygen. Here we highlight recent developments in our understanding of how high temperatures, elevated salinities and low oxygen levels affect physiological processes, responses at the organismal level, and impacts on species interaction and community assembly. As aquatic insects may be exposed to multiple stressors, we review their sensitivity to interactive effects of multiple stressors. While each of these stressors may operate via different physiological mechanisms, they all influence the overall energy budget as well as the allocation of energy to competing functions such as homeostatic maintenance, growth, development and reproduction. As such, there is potential for interaction whereby one stressor may exacerbate the effect of another stressor. Integrating research on these stressors can provide a powerful approach for delineating the sensitivity of aquatic insects to multiple stressors and developing sound management practices.

水生昆虫的聚集体由多种生物和非生物条件构成，包括温度，盐度和氧气。在这里，我们重点介绍了高温，高盐度和低氧水平如何影响生理过程，机体水平的反应以及对物种相互作用和群落组装的影响的最新进展。由于水生昆虫可能暴露于多种胁迫下，因此我们回顾了它们对多种胁迫下相互作用的敏感性。尽管每个压力源都可能通过不同的生理机制起作用，但它们都会影响整体能量预算以及能量分配到竞争功能中，例如稳态维持，生长，发育和繁殖。因此，潜在的相互作用可能会加剧一个应激源的影响。对这些应激源的综合研究可以为描述水生昆虫对多种应激源的敏感性和制定合理的管理方法提供强有力的方法。