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Titel (primär) The chironomid communities (Pupal exuviae) of groyne fields in a large lowland river in central Europe (Elbe, Germany) and their potential use for ecotoxicological field studies
Autor Orendt, C.; Wolfram, G.; Schmitt-Jansen, M.
Quelle Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal / Suplemento
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
Department BIOTOX
Band/Volume 13
Seite von 69
Seite bis 75
Sprache englisch
Abstract Chironomid pupal exuviae were collected along a stretch of the River
Elbe (Germany) to test whether they indicated industrial pollution impacts on the river
biota. The communities found were typical for a potamal river region. Among the 134
taxa recorded, Nanocladius dichromus (Kieffer 1906), Cladotanytarsus vanderwulpi
(Edwards 1929), Polypedilum acifer Townes 1945, and Rheotanytarsus rhenanus Klink
1983 were dominant. Other potamal species, such as Robackia demeijerei (Kruseman
1933), Saetheria reissi Jackson 1977, and Eurycnemus crassipes (Meigen 1810), were
less abundant. Several community parameters and species abundances showed no
substantial pollution-related difference between the polluted sites and the reference,
not even where conductivity jumped from 456 to 1778 μS cm–1 due to confluence of
a tributary. It is concluded that the chironomid communities found are tolerant of the
levels and kinds of pollution in the river stretch studied, and that differences between
the sites may be caused by factors other than those known or measured here.
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Orendt, C., Wolfram, G., Schmitt-Jansen, M. (2008):
The chironomid communities (Pupal exuviae) of groyne fields in a large lowland river in central Europe (Elbe, Germany) and their potential use for ecotoxicological field studies
Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal / Suplemento 13 , 69 - 75