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EFFECTS OF CHIRONOMID (INSECTA: DIPTERA) TUBE-BUILDING ACTIVITIES ON STREAM DIATOM COMMUNITIES 1 , 2

dc.contributor.authorPringle, Catherine M.en_US
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dc.date.issued1985-06en_US
dc.identifier.citationPringle, Catherine M . (1985). "EFFECTS OF CHIRONOMID (INSECTA: DIPTERA) TUBE-BUILDING ACTIVITIES ON STREAM DIATOM COMMUNITIES 1 , 2 ." Journal of Phycology 21(2): 185-194. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65731>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-3646en_US
dc.identifier.issn1529-8817en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65731
dc.description.abstractChironomid retreats, constructed out of sand grains upon submerged wood debris, increase the surface area available for diatom colonization. The three dimensional substratum afforded by chironomid tubes supports up to twelve times the diatom biavolume found upon adjacent, unmodified substratum in a northern Michigan stream. Diatom enumeration within scrapings from small defined areas on artificial substrata, combined with examination of intact natural substrata through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), reveals distinct, microdistribution patterns. The larval retreats of two major taxa of tube-dwelling chironomid's (Micropsectra sp. and Pseudodiamesa cf. pertinax Garrett) display significantly different diatom communities relative to adjacent masonite substratum. Substratum without chironomid tubes is primarily colonized by Achnanthes minutissima KÜtz. and Cocconeis placentula Ehr., exhibiting the lowest species diversity of microhabitats examined. The diatom flora upon sand tubes of Micropsectra sp. is dominated by Opephora martyi Herib., as is the flora of sand grains collected from the stream sediment load. These two micro-habitats exhibit a high community similarity (SIMI). The SIMI index also suggests that the flora of P. pertinax tubes is highly similar to that of sand grains. Diversity, however, is almost three times greater on P. pertinax tubes and SEM observations reveal that this microhabitat is characterized by a more spatially complex flora ; Nitzschia and Navicula spp. dominate the upperstory, and O. martyi is located on underlying sand grains. Results indicate that tube-building chironomids in Carp Creek affect diatom microdistribution by: (1) stabilizing sand grains and associated flora within their retreats, (2) providing a ‘refugium’ for upperstory diatom taxa from the mayfly grazer, Baetis vagans McDunnough (Insecta: Ephemeroptera), and (3) through local nutrient enrichment.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Science Incen_US
dc.rights1985, by the Phycological Society of America, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherArtificial Substrataen_US
dc.subject.otherChironomid Tubesen_US
dc.subject.otherDiatomsen_US
dc.subject.otherSand Grainsen_US
dc.subject.otherSEMen_US
dc.subject.otherStreamsen_US
dc.titleEFFECTS OF CHIRONOMID (INSECTA: DIPTERA) TUBE-BUILDING ACTIVITIES ON STREAM DIATOM COMMUNITIES 1 , 2en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNatural Resources and Environmenten_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumThe School of Natural Resources, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65731/1/j.0022-3646.1985.00185.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.0022-3646.1985.00185.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Phycologyen_US
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