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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| Title (Primary) | 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 |
| Author | Orendt, C.; Wolfram, G.; Schmitt-Jansen, M. |
| Source Titel | Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal / Suplemento |
| Year | 2008 |
| Department | BIOTOX |
| Volume | 13 |
| Page From | 69 |
| Page To | 75 |
| Language | 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. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=1281 |
| 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 |
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