Hydrobiologia

, Volume 66, Issue 2, pp 149–159 | Cite as

The influence of chironomus plumosus larvae on the exchange of dissolved substances between sediment and water

  • Wilhelm Granéli
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Abstract

4th instar Chironomus plumosus larvae (about 1000·m−2) were added to tubes containing sediment and overlying water. At a temperature of 20°C the larvae greatly increased the trasnport of silica, phosphorus and iron from the sediment to the water. Oxygen concentrations did not influence the exchange of silica. For two non-calcareous sediments the exchange of phosphorus and iron was much higher under anaerobic than under aerobic conditions while the difference was small for sediment from a hardwater lake. Exchange of inorganic nitrogen was little influenced by added chironomid larvae.

Keywords

Chironomus sediment exchange nitrogen phosphorus silica iron manganese 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Wilhelm Granéli
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  1. 1.Institute of LimnologyUniversity of LundLund 3Sweden

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