Effect, of sediment type, feeding level, and larval density on growth and development of a midge (Chironomus riparius)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 756-764

  Ristola, Tiina ^a   Pellinen, Jukka ^b   Ruokolainen, Minna ^c   Kostamo, Auli ^a   Kukkonen, Jussi V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Ramboll Finland Oy   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chironomus riparius; Emergence; Growth; Sediment; Test conditions

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DENSITY; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033062749     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620180423     Document Type: Article

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