A modeling approach to link food availability, growth, emergence, and reproduction for the midge Chironomus riparius

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2507-2513

  Péry, Alexandre R R ^a   Mons, Raphaël ^a   Flammarion, Patrick ^a   Lagadic, Laurent ^a   Garric, Jeanne ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Chironomus riparius; Food quantity; Growth; Model; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

ISOMORPHISMS;

TOXICITY;

EMERGENCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH; MODELING; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ECOTOXICITY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MIDGE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SEX DETERMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

EID: 0036838114     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620211133     Document Type: Article

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