Life cycle and behavioural assessments of the influence of substrate particle size on Chironomus tentans (Diptera : Chironomidae) in laboratory assays

• Published in: Hydrobiologia Vol. 361; no. 1-3; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: SIBLEY, P. K, BENOIT, D. A, ANKLEY, G. T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 1997; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on protozoa and invertebrates; Food supply; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Grain size; Larvae; Larval development; Life cycle analysis; Particle size; Sediments; Soil testing; Substrates; Survival; Chironomidae; Particle size; Bioassay; Chironomus tentans; Toxicity; Insecta; Sediments; Grain size distribution; Substrate; Life cycle; Test; Arthropoda; Invertebrata; Diptera

Identifying and understanding factors that affect interpretation of sediment toxicity is critical to the development and standardization of sediment test methods. In this study, we evaluated the influence of sediment particle size on survival, growth, emergence, and reproduction in a life cycle test...