Temperature and the biomass of flying midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the high Arctic

• Published in: Oikos
• Main Authors: Hodkinson, I. D., Coulson, S. J., Webb, N. R., Block, W., Strathdee, A. T., Bale, J. S., Worland, M. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: OIKOS 1996
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Lesund; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515153/; https://doi.org/10.2307/3546247

We tested the hypothesis that habitat temperature is the driving variable determining both the short-term and seasonal patterns of abundance (biomass) of Eying adult non-biting midges (Chironomidae) in the high Arctic. Malaise traps were used to record the Eight activity patterns of adult chironomid...