Effects of Crude Oil on Aquatic Insects of Tundra Ponds

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Mozley, Samuel C., Butler, Malcolm G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1978
• Subjects: Aquatic insects; Environmental impacts; Oil spills on lakes; Tundra ponds; Barrow region; Alaska; Two Ponds; Arctic; Barrow; Prudhoe Bay; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65707

Aquatic insects are numerous and important in the ecology of tundra thaw ponds, comprising most of the biomass and production. The most common types are the caddisflies Asynarchus and Micrasema, the stonefly Nemoura, the beetle Agabus and especially larvae of the fly family Chironomidae. Studies in...