Adaptations of pupae of chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) to oxygen-poor habitats

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 687-693

  Marziali, Laura ^a   Lencioni, Valeria ^b   Rossaro, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoecology; Biomonitoring; Lakes; Morphology; Oxygen depletion; Thoracic horn

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AUTECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LOCAL ADAPTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MICROTENDIPES; PARATENDIPES; POLYPEDILUM; STICTOCHIRONOMUS;

EID: 33846876292     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (22)

1. Ashe P., Murray D.A., Reiss F. 1987 - The zoogeographical distribution of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) - Annal. Limnol. 23: 27-60.
2. Berra E., Forcella M., Giacchini R., Marziali L., Rossaro B., Parenti P. 2004 - Evaluation of enzyme biomarkers in freshwater invertebrates from Taro and Ticino river, Italy - Annal. Limnol. 40: 169-180.
3. Brodersen K.P., Pedersen O., Lindegaard C., Hamburger K. 2004 - Chironomids (Diptera) and oxy-regulatory capacity: an experimental approach to paleolimnological interpretation - Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 1549-1559.
4. Coffman W.P. 1979 - Neglected characters in pupal morphology as tools in taxonomy and phylogeny of Chironomidae (Diptera) - Ent. Scand. Suppl. 10: 37-46.
5. Cranston P.S. 1995 - Morphology (In: The Chironomidae. The biology and ecology of non-biting midges, Eds: P. Armitage, P.S. Cranston, L.C.V. Pinder) - Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 12-30.
6. Hamburger K., Dall P.C., Lindegaard C., Nilson I.B. 2000 - Survival and energy metabolism in an oxygen deficient environment. Field and laboratory studies on the bottom fauna from the profundal zone of Lake Esrom, Denmark - Hydrobiologia, 432: 173-188.
7. Heinis T., Crommentuijn T. 1989 - The natural habitat of the deposit feeding chironomid larvae Stictochironomus histrio (Fabricius) and Chironomus anthracinus Zett. in relation to their responses to changing oxygen concentrations - Acta Biol. Debr. Oecol. Hung. 3: 135-140.
8. Heinis F., Van De Bund W.J., Davids C. 1989 - Avoidance of low oxygen and food concentrations by the larvae of Tanytarsus sp. - Acta Biol. Debr. Oecol. Hung. 3: 141-145.
9. th International Symposium on Chironomidae, Canberra, Ed. P. Cranston) - C.S.I.R.O. Publications, Melbourne, pp. 323-328.
10. Int Panis L., Goddeeris B., Verheyen R. 1996 - On the relationship between vertical microdistribution and adaptations to oxygen stress in littoral Chironomidae (Diptera) - Hydrobiologia, 318: 61-67.
11. Langton P.H. 1989 - Functional and phylogenetic interpretation of chironomid pupal structure - Acta Biol. Debr. Oecol. Hung. 2: 247-252.
12. Langton P.H. 1995 - The pupa and events leading to eclosion (In: The Chironomidae. The biology and ecology of non-biting midges, Eds: P. Armitage, P.S. Cranston, L.C.V. Pinder) - Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 169-193.
13. Lindegaard C. 1995. Classification of waterbodies and pollution (In: The Chironomidae. The biology and ecology of non-biting midges, Eds: P. Armitage, P.S. Cranston, L.C.V. Pinder) - Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 385-404.
14. Mangum C., Van Winkle W. 1973 - Responses of aquatic invertebrates to declining oxygen conditions - Am. Zool. 3: 529-541.
15. th International Symposium on Chironomidae, Minneapolis 2003. Ed. L. Ferrington) - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, (in press).
16. Pinder L.C.V. 1995 - The habitats of chironomid larvae (In: The Chironomidae. The biology and ecology of non-biting midges, Eds: P. Armitage, P.S. Cranston, L.C.V. Pinder) - Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 107-135.
17. th International Symposium on Chironomidae, Amsterdam 1991, Eds: W.J. van de Bund, M.H.S. Kraak) - Neth. J. Aquat. Ecol. 26: 101-122.
18. Ruse L. 2002 - Chironomid pupal exuviae as indicators of lake status - Arch. Hydrobiol. 153: 367-390.
19. Thienemann A. 1910 - Das Sammeln von Puppenhäuten der Chironomiden - Arch. Hydrobiol. 6: 213-214. (in German)
20. Thienemann A. 1954 - Chironomus. Leben, Verbreitung und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Chironomiden - Die Binnengewässer, 20: 1-834. (in German)
21. Wiederholm T. 1980 - Use of benthos in lake monitoring - J. Wat. Poll. Cont. Fed. 52: 537-547.
22. Wiederholm T. (Ed.) 1986 - Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 2. Pupae - Ent. Scand. Suppl. 28: 1-482.