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RECORD NUMBER: 655 OF 1079Main Title | Morphological Variation in Djalmabatista (Diptera: Chironomidae) Associated with Coal-Strip-Mine Ponds. | |||||||||||
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Author | Tennessen, K. J. ; Gottfried, P. K. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL. Div. of Water Resources. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1983 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA-600/7-83-017 ;TVA/ONR/WRF-83/6; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | DE84900273 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Insects ; Ponds ; Surface Mining ; Water Pollution ; Abandoned Sites ; Alabama ; Biological Effects ; Calcium Compounds ; Coal Mining ; Iron Compounds ; Larvae ; Magnesium Compounds ; Manganese Compounds ; Morphological Changes ; Natural Radioactivity ; PH Value ; ERDA/010900 ; ERDA/560304 | |||||||||||
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Collation | 65p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Larvae of Djalmabatista pulcher (Johannsen) possessing abnormally-shaped ligulas were found in abandoned coal strip mine ponds near Brilliant, Alabama. Of the total 1472 larvae examined, 50 possessed an abnormal ligula (3.4%), a frequency greater than previously reported for chironomids. Abnormalities were found in larval instars II, III, and IV. Based on monthly samples from June to October 1978, the combined frequency of abnormalities in three strip mine ponds (3.04%) was not significantly different from the frequency at the unmined reference site, Marion County Lake (1.85%) (P = 0.36). The frequencies of abnormalities were not significantly correlated with any measured water quality of biological parameter related to strip mine activity. (ERA citation 09:000093) |