Habitat preference and reproductive traits in the Antarctic midge Parochlus steinenii (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-181

  Hahn, Steffen ^a,c   Reinhardt, Klaus ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Freshwater; Lake; Maritime Antarctic; Population; Sex ratio; Swarm

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; GLACIAL LAKE; HABITAT SELECTION; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATING BEHAVIOR; MICROHABITAT; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEA LEVEL; SEX RATIO; SHORELINE; WATER LEVEL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; PAROCHLUS STEINENII;

EID: 33744952994     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000204     Document Type: Article

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