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- Title
Secondary production of Apedilum elachistum Townes (Diptera: Chironomidae) in simulated reservoir wetlands.
- Authors
BALCI, PINAR; KENNEDY, JAMES H.
- Abstract
Studies the chironomid fauna living on an exotic macrophyte, Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), in experimental ponds constructed to simulate reservoir wetlands. Percentage of chironomid larvae comprised from Apedilum elachistum; How annual production of A. elachistum was estimated for milfoil surface area; Annual production/biomass; Length of time needed for laboratory-reared larvae to complete their development from first instar to imago.
- Subjects
MYRIOPHYLLUM; RESERVOIR plants; CHIRONOMIDAE; LARVAE; ELACHISTA; EURASIAN watermilfoil; RESERVOIR ecology
- Publication
Wetlands, 2002, Vol 22, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0277-5212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0669:SPOAET]2.0.CO;2