OVERWINTERING OF SOME NORTH TEMPERATE AND ARCTIC CHIRONOMIDAE: I. THE WINTER ENVIRONMENT

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Author: Danks, H. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1971
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Arctic; Midwinter
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent103589-4; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00047064

Abstract This paper is the first of two concerning overwintering of shallow-pond Chironomidae in regions with cold winters, and deals with winter habitat conditions as a background to a later report on chironomid biology. Some observations on winter temperatures and factors affecting them, especiall...