Seasonal and interannual variations in the frequency and severity of deformities in larvae of Chironomus riparius (Meigen, 1804) and Prodiamesa olivacea (Meigen, 1818) (Diptera, Chironomidae) collected in a polluted site

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 617-626

  Servia, M J ^a   Cobo, F ^a   Gonzalez M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Chironomidae; Chironomus riparius; Deformities; Environmental stress; Prodiamesa olivacea

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATION; RIVERS; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMONITORING; CHIRONOMID LARVAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PRODIAMESA OLIVACEA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ABNORMALITY; DEFORMITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DEFORMITY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GALICIA; SAR RIVER; SPAIN;

CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; PRODIAMESA OLIVACEA;

EID: 0034307170     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006333808107     Document Type: Article

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