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Abundance and production ofLimnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Oligochaeta: tubificidae) in algae-dominated Lake Houhu (Wuhan, China)

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April, 1996 to March, 1997 studies on the abundance and secondary production ofLimnodrilus hoffmeisteri in an algae-dominated lake showed that the worn density and biomass peaked in December at 152 ind/m2 and 0.087 g/m2, respectively. The secondary production of the animal was 0.294 g/m2 fresh wt/a. The turnover rate (P/B ratio) was 11.4.

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  1. School of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, China

    Yan Yun-jun

  2. Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 340072, Wuhan, China

    Liang Yan-ling

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Project 39430101, 3960019 supported by NSFC, and by the foundation of the government of Hubei Province (Project No. 2000J109); also supported by the foundation of Ecological station, CAS, in the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Yun-jun, Y., Yan-ling, L. Abundance and production ofLimnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Oligochaeta: tubificidae) in algae-dominated Lake Houhu (Wuhan, China). Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 20, 81–85 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02846615

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