Can mouth part deformities of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Chironomus riparius</Emphasis> serve as indicators for water and sediment pollution? A laboratory approach |
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| Authors: | Miriam Langer-Jaesrich Heinz-R Köhler Almut Gerhardt |
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| Institution: | 1.Animal Physiological Ecology Department,University of Tübingen,Tübingen,Germany;2.LimCo International,Ibbenbüren,Germany |
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| Abstract: | Purpose The significance of chironomids mouthpart deformities as suitable indicators for pollutant contamination of natural waters
and sediments has been investigated and discussed for several decades. Uncertainties still exist as further laboratory studies,
with different pollutants and with the same experimental design are required. |
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