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Biological aspects of the associations of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in two saline rivers of the Elton Lake Basin, Russia

Larisa V. Golovatyuk A D , Tatiana D. Zinchenko A , Nadezhda N. Sushchik B C , Galina S. Kalachova B and Michail I. Gladyshev B C
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A Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, of Russian Academy of Sciences, Komzina Street 10, Togliatti, 445003, Russia.

B Institute of Biophysics of Federal Research Center ‘Krasnoyarsk Science Center’ of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia.

C Siberian Federal University, Svobodny Avenue 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia.

D Corresponding author. Email: gollarisa@mail.ru

Marine and Freshwater Research 69(6) 906-916 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF17125
Submitted: 3 May 2017  Accepted: 12 November 2017   Published: 19 February 2018

Abstract

We studied species composition, density, biomass and production of larvae of the family Ceratopogonidae in two saline rivers (Volgograd region, Russia). Ceratopoponids make up an important part of macroinvertebrate community in these rivers. Average monthly production (dry weight) of ceratopogonid larvae in the rivers was 3.5–4.8 g m–2 month–1 in May and ~0.9 g m–2 month–1 in August. For the first time, feeding spectra of ceratopogonid larvae, Palpomyia schmidti Goetghebuer, 1934, was studied using fatty acid analyses. The larvae of P. schmidti appeared to selectively consume diatoms and other algae and to avoid bacteria and decomposed dead organic matter (detritus) of low nutritive quality.

Additional keywords: biomarker fatty acids, ceratopogonid larvae, saline rivers, secondary production.


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