Grazing rate determination of Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz (Chironomidae: Diptera)

Kesler, David H.

doi:10.1007/bf00130681

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“…Availability of a substratum other than sediments apparently increased the abundance of the orthoclad chironomids Psectrocladius and Corynoneura in all treatments. These genera are typically found on macrophytes (Kesler 1981, Fairchild et al 1989, Botts and Cowell 1992, and were the most abundant taxa on near-surface portions of strips, but were rare in mesocosm sediments.…”

Section: Benthic Invertebratesmentioning

confidence: 94%

Benthic-Pelagic Links: Responses of Benthos to Water-Column Nutrient Enrichment

Blumenshine¹,

Vadeboncoeur²,

Lodge³

et al. 1997

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

121

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Section: Benthic Invertebratesmentioning

confidence: 94%

Benthic-Pelagic Links: Responses of Benthos to Water-Column Nutrient Enrichment

Blumenshine¹,

Vadeboncoeur²,

Lodge³

et al. 1997

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

121

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“…5D). Other examples illustrating the effect of temperature on food ingestion include Kesler (1981) and Gresens (2001) who observed maximal ingestion at 30 °C (for Corynoneura scutella ) and 15 °C (for Pseudochironomus richardsoni ), respectively. A seasonal survey of C. acerbiphilus larvae in volcanic Lake Katanuma, Japan (Takagi et al , 2005) showed an effect of temperature on swimming behaviour.…”

Section: Temperature Influence On Chironomid Physiology and Behamentioning

confidence: 99%

The chironomid‐temperature relationship: expression in nature and palaeoenvironmental implications

2011

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Fossils of chironomid larvae (non-biting midges) preserved in lake sediments are well-established palaeotemperature indicators which, with the aid of numerical chironomid-based inference models (transfer functions), can provide quantitative estimates of past temperature change. This approach to temperature reconstruction relies on the strong relationship between air and lake surface water temperature and the distribution of individual chironomid taxa (species, species groups, genera) that has been observed in different climate regions (arctic, subarctic, temperate and tropical) in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere. A major complicating factor for the use of chironomids for palaeoclimate reconstruction which increases the uncertainty associated with chironomid-based temperature estimates is that the exact nature of the mechanism responsible for the strong relationship between temperature and chironomid assemblages in lakes remains uncertain. While a number of authors have provided state of the art overviews of fossil chironomid palaeoecology and the use of chironomids for temperature reconstruction, few have focused on examining the ecological basis for this approach. Here, we review the nature of the relationship between chironomids and temperature based on the available ecological evidence. After discussing many of the surveys describing the distribution of chironomid taxa in lake surface sediments in relation to temperature, we also examine evidence from laboratory and field studies exploring the effects of temperature on chironomid physiology, life cycles and behaviour. We show that, even though a direct influence of water temperature on chironomid development, growth and survival is well described, chironomid palaeoclimatology is presently faced with the paradoxical situation that the relationship between chironomid distribution and temperature seems strongest in relatively deep, thermally stratified lakes in temperate and subarctic regions in which the benthic chironomid fauna lives largely decoupled from the direct influence of air and surface water temperature. This finding suggests that indirect effects of temperature on physical and chemical characteristics of lakes play an important role in determining the distribution of lake-living chironomid larvae. However, we also demonstrate that no single indirect mechanism has been identified that can explain the strong relationship between chironomid distribution and temperature in all regions and datasets presently available. This observation contrasts with the previously published hypothesis that climatic effects on lake nutrient status and productivity may be largely responsible for the apparent correlation between chironomid assemblage distribution and temperature. We conclude our review by summarizing the implications of our findings for chironomid-based palaeoclimatology and by pointing towards further avenues of research necessary to improve our mechanistic understanding of the chironomid-temperature relationship.

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“…The relatively low rates measured may have been due to low light intensities or turbidity. 2 Alternatively, the high density of chironomid larvae (about 500/m ; R.H. King, unpublished data) may have reduced algal standing crops and production (Kesler 1981).…”

Section: Month and Rivermentioning

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Benthic Community Metabolism in Two Northern Mississippi Streams

Naimo

Layzer

Miller

1988

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

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Seasonal estimates of metabolism were determined with closed, replicate, 12-liter recirculating chambers on an artificially constructed gravel bar in a seventh order stream, the Tombigbee River, and on a natural riffle in a fourth order stream, the Buttahatchie River. In the Tombigbee and Buttahatchie rivers, the reypettive ranges for metabolism parameters were as follows (in g 0 m d : gross community 2 primary productivity, 0.39 to 2.97 and 0.06 to 0.44; net community primary productivity, -0.72 to 2.38 and -0.50 to 0.11; community respiration, 0.60 to 6.00 and 0.24 to 1.04; net daily metabolism, -3.22 to 1.61 and -0.90 to -0.01; and ratios of gross community primary I productivity to 24 hour community respiration (P/R), 0.38 to 2.01 and 0.09 to 0.98. Stepwise multiple linear regression indicated that most of the variation in metabolism parameters was explained by temperature, detritus, substrate-level light, and total Kjeldahl nitrogen in the Buttahatchie River, and by turbidity, temperature, chlorophyll, and nitrate-nitrogen in the Tombigbee River. Both rivers were predominately heterotrophic. The Tombigbee River was autotrophic only in January, at which time an algal-based community existed. During all other sampling periods, both communities were dominated by bacteria and utilized allochthonous inputs.

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Grazing rate determination of Corynoneura scutellata Winnertz (Chironomidae: Diptera)

Cited by 29 publications

References 7 publications

Benthic-Pelagic Links: Responses of Benthos to Water-Column Nutrient Enrichment

Benthic-Pelagic Links: Responses of Benthos to Water-Column Nutrient Enrichment

The chironomid‐temperature relationship: expression in nature and palaeoenvironmental implications

Benthic Community Metabolism in Two Northern Mississippi Streams

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