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chironomid
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chironomid [kaɪˈrɒnəmɪd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a member of the Chironomidae, a family of nonbiting midges
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of or relating to this family
[from New Latin chironomus, from Greek kheironomos a gesturer, from kheir hand + nomos manager + -id2]
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It's the time of the year when everything comes alive, including the first major hatches of chironomids, more commonly known as buzzers or midges.
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The density of chironomids is high in all three lakes, but the density and biomass of molluscs, as well as the biomass of all zoobenthos, are greater in the affected lakes, especially in Kento, than in the reference lake (Aroviita et al.
Biomass, growth, and diet of fish in forest lakes affected by ... by Holopainen, Ismo J.; Aroviita, Jukka; Voutilainen, Ari; Viljanen, Markku / Estonian Journal of Ecology
Recently, stable isotope analyses have been used to elucidate ontogenetic changes such as diet shifts and habitat changes during the early developmental stages of several species, for example, energy sources of larval chironomids Chironomus acerbiphilus (Goedkoop et al.
Applicability of stable isotope analyses for ecological studies of ... by Won, Nam-Il; Kawamura, Tomohiko; Takami, Hideki; Watanabe, Yoshiro / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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