Effect of Larval Density on Temporal Variation in Life Cycle Patterns of Chironomus plumosus (L.) (Diptera : Chironomidae) in the Profundal Zone of Eutrophic Lake Suwa during 1982 1995

Japanese Journal of Limnology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-26

  Nakazato, Ryoji ^a,b   Hirabayashi, Kimio ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chironomus plumosus; Density effect; Lake Suwa; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

DENSITY-DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCE PATTERNS; EUTROPHIC LAKE; LIFE CYCLE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

JAPAN, HONSHU, LAKE SUWA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031849223     PISSN: 00215104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3739/rikusui.59.13     Document Type: Article

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