Sublethal effects of heavy metal contaminated sediment on midge larvae (Chironomus tentans). Wentsel, R., McIntosh, A., & Atchison, G. Hydrobiologia, 56(2):153--156, October, 1977.
Sublethal effects of heavy metal contaminated sediment on midge larvae (Chironomus tentans) [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Chironomid larvae were maintained for 17 days in sediments with various heavy metal levels. The control sediment had levels of 0.6 ppm cadmium, 17 ppm chromium and 77 ppm zinc. The most contaminated sediment had levels of 1030 ppm cadmium, 1640 ppm chromium, and 17300 ppm zinc. The mean length and weight of the larvae from the control sediment were 1.83 cm and 2.86 mg. The mean length and weight of larvae from the most contaminated sediment were 0.82 cm and 0.20 mg. A linear relationship was found for the square root of length versus metal levels in the sediment.
@article{wentsel_sublethal_1977,
	title = {Sublethal effects of heavy metal contaminated sediment on midge larvae ({Chironomus} tentans)},
	volume = {56},
	issn = {0018-8158, 1573-5117},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00023354},
	doi = {10.1007/BF00023354},
	abstract = {Chironomid larvae were maintained for 17 days in sediments with various heavy metal levels. The control sediment had levels of 0.6 ppm cadmium, 17 ppm chromium and 77 ppm zinc. The most contaminated sediment had levels of 1030 ppm cadmium, 1640 ppm chromium, and 17300 ppm zinc. The mean length and weight of the larvae from the control sediment were 1.83 cm and 2.86 mg. The mean length and weight of larvae from the most contaminated sediment were 0.82 cm and 0.20 mg. A linear relationship was found for the square root of length versus metal levels in the sediment.},
	language = {en},
	number = {2},
	urldate = {2013-03-28TZ},
	journal = {Hydrobiologia},
	author = {Wentsel, R. and McIntosh, A. and Atchison, G.},
	month = oct,
	year = {1977},
	keywords = {Cadmium, Chironomids, Chromium, Ecology, Heavy metals, Hydrobiology, Lake, Zinc, benthic macroinvertebrates, toxicity},
	pages = {153--156}
}

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