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RECORD NUMBER: 323 OF 401Main Title | Survival and Adult Emergence of Aquatic Insects in Air-Supersaturated Water. | |||||||||||
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Author | Nebeker, A. V. ; Baker, F. D. ; Weitz, S. L. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1981 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA-600/J-81-524; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB82-167255 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Aquatic biology ; Insects ; Water pollution ; Supersaturation ; Dams ; Survival ; Mortality ; Culicidae ; Diptera ; Temperature ; Algae ; Oxygen ; Dissolved gases ; Reprints ; | |||||||||||
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Collation | 9p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Mayflies Timpanoga hecuba, caddisflies Dicosmoecus gilvipes, mosquitoes Culex peus and midges Cricotopus sp. were tested in the laboratory to determine the effects of air-supersaturated water on survival and adult emergence. The acute 96-hour LC50 value (lethal concentration which killed 50% after 96 hr) for mayflies was 128.9% saturation. Times to death and mean times to 50% death were determined. Adult midges and mosquitoes emerged at 141% and 143%, respectively. Good survival and emergence occurred in controls for all test groups. |