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Annual production and life cycle of five dominant species of Chironomidae (Chironomus plumosus, Cryptochironomus sp.,Tokunagayusurika akamusi, Procladius sp.,Clinotanypus sp.) were studied with samples collected monthly from April, 1996 to March, 1997 in Houhu Lake at four stations. Based on instar-frequency data,C. plumosus was univoltine, while the other four were bivoltine. Production rates in grams wet weight m−2a−1 calculated by the size-frequency method wereC. plumosus, 2.170;Cryptochironomus sp., 0.602;T. akamusi, 3.160;Procladius sp., 0.964;Clinotanypus sp., 0.390. Their P/B ratios were 3.9, 4.9, 4.4, 5.3 and 6.6, respectively.
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Yun-jun, Y., Yan-ling, L. & Hong-zhu, W. Annual production of five species of Chironomidae (Diptera) in Houhu Lake, a typical algal lake (Wuhan, China). Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 17, 112–118 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842708
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