Influence of Chironomidae (Diptera) faecal pellet accumulation on lake sediment quality and larval abundance of pestiferous midge Glyptotendipes paripes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 518, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 169-177

  Frouz, Jan ^a,b   Lobinske, Richard J ^a   Ali, Arshad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Benthos; Chironomidae; Ecosystem engineers; Faecal pellets; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OXYGEN; SAND; SEDIMENTS;

CHIRONOMID LARVAE; ORGANIC SEDIMENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; FECAL PELLET; ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; GLYPTOTENDIPES; GLYPTOTENDIPES PARIPES;

EID: 3442896032     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000025066.62554.7e     Document Type: Article

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