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Abstract
Ninety-three genera, representing all subfamilies of Chironomidae, are organized into 9 categories of unusual habitats or life history including hygropetric, riparian (bank, floodplain, upland), hyporheic, symbiotic, and intertidal; others live in water held in plants or mine into unusual substrates. In riparian zones precise location of optimum habitat is difficult to determine as is definition of habitat within the continuum from shoreline to upland areas. The ecological importance of the riparian group appears to lie in its processing of coarse particulate matter along the floodplain of streams and rivers. All riparian genera are zoogeographically useful and can be used in reconstructing evolutionary dispersal pathways because they are adapted to unique habits that have remained largely undisturbed by human activities.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Unusual larval habitats and life history of chironomid (Diptera) genera |
| Series title | Entomologica Scandinavica Supplements |
| Volume | 29 |
| Year Published | 1987 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Great Lakes Science Center |
| Description | p. 369-373 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Entomologica Scandinavica Supplements |
| First page | 369 |
| Last page | 373 |
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