Current and selected bibliographies on benthic biology – 2012

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Kettani, K.; Langton, P.H. 2011. New data on the Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Rif (Northern Morocco). Polish Journal of Entomology 80(3): 587-599.

Kienast, F.; Wetterich, S.; Kuzmina, S.; Schirrmeister, L.; Andreev, A.A., et al. 2011. Paleontological records indicate the occurrence of open woodlands in a dry inland climate at the present-day Arctic Coast in Western Beringia during the last interglacial. Quaternary Science Reviews 30(17-18): 2134-2159.

Kim, E.; Kim, I.; Onikura, N. 2011. Size-related changes in food of Dwarf Loach, Kichulchoia brevifasciata (Kim and Lee, 1995). Folia Zoologica 60(4): 295-301.

Klukowska, M.; Plociennik, M.; Zbikowski, J. 2011. Lipiniella moderata (Diptera. Chironomidae) - new species for the Polish Fauna. Lauterbornia 72: 1-6.

Kobayashi, T.; Takada, M.; Takagi, S.; Yoshioka, A.; Washitani, I. 2011. Spider predation on a mind pest in Japanese rice fields. Basic and Applied Ecology 12(6): 532-539.

Kolb, G.S.; Ekholm, J.; Hamback, P.A. 2010. Effects of Seabird Nesting Colonies on Algae and Aquatic Invertebrates in Coastal Waters, Marine Ecology-Progress Series 417: 287-300.

Kong, F.-Q.; Liu, W.; Wang, X.-H. 2011. Mesosmittia Brundin from China (Diptera, Chironomidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36(4): 890-895.

Kong, F.; Wang, X. 2011. Heterotrissocladius Sparck from China (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa (2733): 63-68.

Koperski, P. 2011. Diversity of Freshwater Macrobenthos and its use in Biological Assessment: A Critical Review of Current Applications. Environmental Reviews 19: 16-31.

Koperski, P.; Dumnicka, E.; Galas, J. 2011. Abiotic parameters determining fauna composition in karstic springs. Polish Journal of Ecology 59(1): 153-163.

Kornis, M.S.; Janssen, J. 2011. Linking emergent midges to Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) preference for rocky habitat in Lake Michigan littoral zones. Journal of Great Lakes Research 37(3): 561-566.

Kosnicki, E.; Wallace, G.S.; Mabee, W.R.; Combes, M.D. 2010. Range Extension for Orthocladius (Mesorthocladius) nimidens Saether (Dipteera: Chironomidae) based on records from Missouri. Entomological News 121(4): 329-333.

Krasheninnikov, A.B.; Makarchenko, E.A. 2011. Hydrobaenus vernus sp.n. (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from the Kama River basin of the Middle Urals (Perm Territory. Russia). Evraziatskii Entomologicheskii Zhurnal 10(2): 201-202.

Krestian, B.J.; Kosnicki, E.; Spindler, P.H.; Stringer, S.; Epler, J.H. 2009. First Nearctic records of Oliveiriella Wiedenbrug and Fittkau, with new distributional records for two other New World species of Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomological News 120(4): 349-362.

Krosch, M.N. 2011. Phylogeography of Echinocladius martini Cranston (Diptera: Chironomidae) in closed forest streams of Eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 50(3): 258-268.

Krosch, M.N.; Baker, A.M.; Mather, P.B.; Cranston, P.S. 2011. Spatial population genetic structure reveals strong natal site fidelity in Echinocladius martini (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Northeast Queensland, Australia. Freshwater Biology 56(7): 1328-1341.

Krosch, M.N.; Baker, A.M.; Mather, P.B.; Cranston, P.S. 2011. Systematics and biogeography of the Gondwanan Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(2): 458-468.

Kroupalova, V.; Bojkova, J.; Schenkova, J.; Paril, P.; Horsak. M. 2011. Small-scale distribution of aquatic macroinvertebrates in two spring fens with different groundwater chemistry. International Review of Hydrobiology 96(3): 235-256.

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Kuhn, J.; Andino, P.; Calvez, R.; Espinosa, R.; Hamerlik, L., et al. 2011. Spatial variability in macroinvertebrate assemblages along and among neighbouring equatorial glacier-fed streams. Freshwater Biology 56(11): 2226-2244.

Kulkarni, M.W.; Wani, G.P. 2011. Effect of Cyanocobalamin on polytene chromosome normal and induced puff in Chironomous. Journal of Entomological Research (New Delhi) 35(2): 171-174.

Kumar, A.N.; Murugan, K.; Madhiyazhagan, P.; Prabhu, K. 2011. Spinosad and Neem Seed Kernel extract as bio-controlling agents for malarial vector, Anopheles stephensi and non-biting midge, Chironomus circumdatus. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 4(8): 614-618.

Kumar, D.; Veerabahu, C. 2010. Swarming and mating behavior of freshwater Chironomus circumdatus under lab condition. Ecology Environment and Conservation 16(3): 355-357.

Kuwada, T.; Hasegawa, T.; Takagi, T.; Sakae, T.; Sato, I., et al. 2011. Involvement of the Distal Arg Residue in Cl(-) binding of midge larval haemoglobin. Acta Crystallographica Section D-Biological Crystallography 67: 488-495.

Kuz’mina, V.V. 2011. The influence of Zinc and Copper on the latency period for feeding and the food uptake in Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio L. Aquatic Toxicology 102(1): 73-78.

Lagrana, C.C.; Apodaca. D.C.; David. C.P.C. 2011. Chironomids as biological indicators of metal contamination in aquatic environment. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development 2(4): 306-310.

Lang, C. 2010. Ecological state of sediments in two mountain lakes indicated by oligochaetes and chironomids. Bulletin De La Societe Vaudoise Des Sciences Naturelles 92(2): 47-60.

Lang, C. 2010. Ecological state of sediments in two mountain lakes indicated by oligochaetes and chironomids. Bulletin De La Societe Vaudoise Des Sciences Naturelles 92(2): 47-60.

Langdon, P.G.; Caseldine, C.J.; Croudace, I.W.; Jarvis, S.; Wastegard, S., et al. 2011. A Chironomid-based reconstruction of summer temperatures in NW Iceland since AD 1650. Quaternary Research 75(3): 451-460.

Langton, P. 2011. 18th International Symposium on Chironomidae, Trondheim, Norway 4-6 July 2011. Chironomus 24: 4-6.

Langton, P.H.; Kiknadze, I.I.; Vallenduuk, H.J.; Istomina, A.G. 2011. Description of all stages and the cytology of Chironomus parathummi Keyl. 1961 (Diptera, Chironomidae). Lauterbornia 72: 95-109.

Larocque-Tobler, I.; Quinlan, R.; Stewart, M.M.; Grosjean, M. 2011. Chironomid-inferred temperature changes of the last century in anoxic Seebergsee, Switzerland: assessment of two calibration methods. Quaternary Science Reviews 30(13-14): 1770-1779.

Lerner, A.; Sapir, N.; Erlick, C.; Meltser, N.; Broza, M., et al. 2011. Habitat availability mediates chironomid density-dependent oviposition. Oecologia 165(4): 905-914.

Li, J.; Yu, H.; Liu, M.; Fei, T. 2011. Characteristics of macrobenthos communities in Xiquanyan Reservoir in autumn and their relationships with environmental factors. Journal of Northeast Forestry University 39(11): 79-83.

Li, Z.Y.; Yang, H.; Lai, F.X.; Fu, Q.; Hu, Y., et al. 2011. Occurrence and Population Dynamics of Chironomids in Early-Season Rice Fields. Rice Science 18(2): 136-141.

Liber, K.; and Arsenic to Hyalella azteca and Chironomus dilutus in water-only and spiked-sediment toxicity tests. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 74(5): 1171

Lichtwardt, R.W. 2011. Dacryodiomyces, a new genus of Harpellales in Chironomidae larvae. Mycologia 103(4): 912-914.

Lichtwardt, R.W.; White, M.M. 2011. Typification of Smittium, an important genus in the taxonomy of Harpellales. Mycologia 103(4): 918-920.

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Lichtwardt, R.W.; Williams, M.C.; White, M.M. 2011. Klastostachys, a new genus of Harpellales in Chironomidae larvae. Mycologia 103(4): 915-917.

Lin, X.-l.; Qi, X.; Wang, X.-h. 2011. A new species and a newly recorded species of the genus Paratendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 33(4): 257-261.

Lisboa, L.K.; da Silva, A.L.L.; Petrucio, M.M. 2011. Aquatic invertebrate's distribution in a freshwater coastal lagoon of Southern Brazil in relation to water and sediment characteristics. Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia 23(2): 119-127.

Liu, M.; Yu, H.; Liu, M.; Guo, W. 2011. Community Structure of Macrozoobenthos in Zhalong Wetlands in Spring and its Water Quality Assessment. Journal of Northeast Forestry University 39(8): 73-76.

Lougheed, V.L.; Butler, M.G.; McEwen, D.C.; Hobbie, J.E. 2011. Changes in Tundra Pond Limnology: Re-Sampling Alaskan Ponds After 40 Years. Ambio 40(6): 589-599.

Lucena-Moya, P.; Abrain, R.; Pardo, I.; Hermida, B.; Dominguez, M. 2010. Invertebrate species list of coastal lagoons in the Balearic Islands. Transitional Waters Bulletin 4(1): 1-11.

Lukashevich, E.D.; Przhiboro, A.A. 2011. New Chironomidae (Diptera) with elongate proboscises from the Late Jurassic of Mongolia. ZooKeys 130: 307-322.

Luoto, T.P. 2011. Indicator value of midge larvae (Diptera: Nematocera) in shallow boreal lakes with a focus on habitat. Water Quality, and Climate. Aquatic Insects 33(4): 351-370.

Luoto, T.P. 2011. The relationship between water quality and chironomid distribution in Finland—a new assemblage-based tool for assessments of long-term nutrient dynamics. Ecological Indicators 11(2): 255-262.

Luoto, T.P.; Nevalainen, L. 2011. Inferring reference conditions of hypolimnetic oxygen for deteriorated Lake Mallusjarvi in the cultural landscape of Mallusjoki, Southern Finland using fossil midge assemblages. Water Air and Soil Pollution 217(1-4): 663-675.

Luoto, T.P.; Nevalainen, L.; Kultti, S.; Sarmaja-Korjonen, K. 2011. An evaluation of the influence of water depth and river inflow on quantitative cladocera-based temperature and lake level inferences in a shallow boreal lake. Hydrobiologia 676(1): 143-154.

Luoto, T.P.; Raunio, J. 2011. A comparison of chironomid-based training sets developed from pupal exuviae and larval head capsules to infer lake trophic history. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 179(2): 93-102.

Luoto, T.P.; Sarmaja-Korjonen, K. 2011. Midge-Inferred Holocene Effective Moisture Fluctuations in a Subarctic Lake, Northern Lapland. Boreas 40(4): 650-659.

Maazouzi, C.; Medoc, V.; Pihan, J.; Masson, G. 2011. Size-related dietary changes observed in young-of-the-year pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus): Stomach contents and fatty acid analyses. Aquatic Ecology 45(1): 23-33.

MacDade, L.S.; Rodewald, P.G.; Hatch, K.A. 2011. Contribution of emergent aquatic insects to refueling in spring migrant songbirds. Auk 128(1): 127-137.

Maier, G.; Kley, A.; Schank, Y.; Maier, M.; Mayer, G., et al. 2011. Density and temperature dependent feeding rates in an established and an alien freshwater gammarid fed on chironomid larvae. Journal of Limnology 70(1): 123-128.

Majumdar, U.; Mazumdar, A. 2011. Chironomid flies of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from India with a short account of their biology. Aquatic Insects 33(3): 253-272.

Makarchenko, E.A. 2011. Pseudodiamesa nivosa (Goetghebuer. 1928) is not a synonym of Pseudodiamesa arctica (Malloch. 1919), but what about the separation of immature stages of these species? Chironomus Newsletter on Chironomidae Research (24): 29-30.

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Makarchenko, E.A.; Makarchenko, M.A. 2010. Hydrobaenus tiunovi sp.n. (Diptera. Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Sokhondinsky State biosphere reserve (Zabaikal'Sky Territory. Russia). Evraziatskii Entomologicheskii Zhurnal 9(3): 411-412.

Makhutova, O.N.; Sushchik, N.N.; Gladyshev, M.I.; Ageev, A.V.; Pryanichnikova, E.G., et al. 2011. Is the fatty acid composition of freshwater zoobenthic invertebrates controlled by phylogenetic or trophic factors? Lipids 46(8): 709-721.

Maleki, R.N.; Hasan, V.; Mansure, S. 2011. Polypedilum vanderplanki (Dip: Chironomidae), the largest extremophlie. Clinical Biochemistry 44(13): S244-S245.

Manna, B.; Aditya, G.; Banerjee, S. 2011. Habitat heterogeneity and prey selection of Aplocheilus panchax: An indigenous larvivorous fish. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases 48(3): 144-149.

Marin, A.A.; Dumbrava-Dodoaca, M.; Petrovici, M.; Herlo, G. 2011. The human impact on benthic community structure and dynamics of different ecosystems from Lunca Muresului Nature Park (West of Romania). AACL Bioflux 4(1): 72-78.

Marinkoć, M.; Verweij, R.A.; Nummerdor, G.A.; Jonker, M.J.; Kraak, M.H.S., et al. 2011. Life cycle responses of the midge Chironomus riparius to compounds with different modes of action. Environmental Science and Technology 45(4): 1645-1651.

Maroneze, D.M.; Tupinambás, T.H.; França, J.S.; Callisto, M. 2011. Effects of flow reduction and spillways on the composition and structure of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a brazilian river reach. Brazilian Journal of Biology 71(3): 639-651.

Martin, J. 2011. Chironomus samoensis is a complex of species. Chironomus Newsletter on Chironomidae Research (24): 11-17.

Martin, J.; Butler, M.G.; Shobanov, N.A.; Kiknadze, I.I. 2011. To recognize the usage of Chironomus (Camptochironomus) pallidivittatus sensu Edwards 1929 and tos the Chironomus pallidivittatus Malloch 1915 name. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 90(10): 1275-1276.

Martin, J.; Sublette, J.E.; Caldwell, B.A. 2011. Description of Chironomus quinnitukqut n. sp. closely related to the C. decorus group in North America, with characterization of an additional larval form from halobiontic habitats. Zootaxa (2743): 68-68.

Martinez-Sanz, C.; Garcia-Criado, F.; Fernandez-Alaez, C. 2010. Effects of introduced salmonids on macroinvertebrate communities of mountain ponds in the Iberian System of Spain. Limnetica 29(2): 221-231.

Martinussen, P.A.; Robertsen, G.; Einum, S. 2011. Density-dependent diet composition of juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 20(3): 384-392.

Marusov, E.A.; Kasumyan, A.O. 2010. Feeding behavior mediated by chemoreception in the Bitterling Rhodeus sericeus Amarus. Journal of Ichthyology 50(11): 1036-1042.

Mavrin, A.S.; Strelnikova, A.P. 2011. Feeding. Development and growth of juvenile perch Perca fluviatilis in mesocosms in the presence of filter-feeding zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha Pallas. Inland Water Biology 4(2): 232-241.

Mavrin, A.S.; Strelnikova, A.P. 2011. The influence of the filtrator mollusks zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha Pallas on probability of survival, nutrition, development and growth of juvenile perch Perca fluviatilis L. Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod 2: 80-89.

McLachlan, A.J. 2011. Homosexual paring within a swarm-based mating system: the case of the chironomid midge. Psyche (Cambridge) 2011: 1-5.

Medeiros, A.S.; Luszczek, C.E.; Shirley, J.; Quinlan, R. 2011. Benthic biomonitoring in arctic tundra streams: a community-based approach in iqaluit, nunavut. Canada Arctic 64(1): 59-72.

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Medeiros, A.S.; Quinlan, R.; Sprules, G. 2011. The distribution of the Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) along multiple environmental gradients in lakes and ponds of the Eastern Canadian Arctic. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68(9): 1511-1527.

Mehler, W.T.; Du, J.; Lydy, M.J.; You, J. 2011. Joint Toxicity of a Pyrethroid Insecticide, Cypermethrin, and a heavy metal, lead, to the benthic invertebrate Chironomus dilutus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 30(12): 2838-2845.

Mehler, W.T.; Li, H.; Lydy, M.J.; You, J. 2011. Identifying the causes of sediment-associated toxicity in urban waterways of the Pearl River Delta, China. Environmental Science and Technology 45(5): 1812-1819.

Mellbrand, K.; Lavery, P.S.; Hyndes, G.; Hamback, P.A. 2011. Linking land and sea: different pathways for marine subsidies. Ecosystems 14(5): 732-744.

Mendes, H.F.; Andersen, T.; Hagenlund, L.K. 2011. New species and records of Antillocladius Saether and Litocladius Mendes, Andersen and Saether from Brazil and Costa Rica (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae). Zootaxa (2915): 39-51.

Mendes, H.F.; Andersen, T.; Jocque, M. 2011. A new species of Polypedilum Kieffer from Bromeliads in Parque Nacional Cusuco. Honduras (Chironomidae: Chironominae). Zootaxa (3062): 46-54.

Menezes, N.A. 2011. Special Issue: Biodiversity of the State of Sao Paulo - Checklist. Biota Neotropica 11(1a): unpaginated.

Michelutti, N.; Mallory, M.L.; Blais, J.M.; Douglas, M.S.V.; Smol, J.P. 2011. Chironomid assemblages from seabird-affected high arctic ponds. Polar Biology 34(6): 799-812.

Michimae, H. 2011. Plasticity in the timing of a major life-history transition and resulting changes in the age structure of populations of the salamander Hynobius retardatus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102(1): 100-114.

Mlambo, M.C. 2011. A comment: functional feeding groups as a taxonomic surrogate for a grassland arthropod assemblage. African Invertebrates 52(2): 587-589.

Moiseenko, T.I. 2011. Stability of aquatic ecosystems and their variation under conditions of toxic pollution. Russian Journal of Ecology 42(6): 485-492.

Moldovan, O.T.; Mihevc, A.; Miko, L.; Constantin, S.; Meleg, I.N., et al. 2011. Invertebrate fossils from cave sediments: a new proxy for pre-quaternary paleoenvironments. Biogeosciences 8(7): 1825-1837,

Molozzi, J.; Franca, J.S.; Araujo, T.L.A.; Viana, T.H.; Hughes, R.M., et al. 2011. Diversity of physical habitat and its relationship with benthic macroinvertebrates in urban reservoirs in Minas Gerais. Iheringia Serie Zoologia 101(3): 191-199.

Mora, A.; Toth, M.; Specziar, A. 2011. A review of results of studies on macrozoobenthos in Lake Balaton and its inflows (1996-2008). Ecology of Lake Balaton 1(1): 22-34.

Morellon, M.; Valero-Garces, B.; Gonzalez-Samperiz, P.; Vegas-Vilarrubia, T.; Rubio, E., et al. 2011. Climate changes and human activities recorded in the sediments of Lake Estanya (NE Spain) during the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age. Journal of Paleolimnology 46(3): 423-452.

Moreno, P.; Franca, J.S.; Ferreira, W.R.; Paz, A.D.; Monteiro, I.M. et al. 2010. Factors determining the structure and distribution of benthic invertebrate assemblages in a tropical basin. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 5(3): 135-145.

Mori, N.; Brancelj, A. 2011. Spatial and temporal variability of hyporheic invertebrate community within a stream reach of the River Baca (W Slovenia). Natura Sloveniae 13(1): 25-38.

Mormul, R.P.; Thomaz, S.M.; Takeda, A.M.; Behrend, R.D. 2011. Structural complexity and distance from source habitat determine invertebrate abundance and diversity. Biotropica 43(6): 738-745.

Moubayed-Breil, J.; Ashe, P. 2011. Taxonomic notes on Cricotopus levantinus Moubayed and Hirvenoja and Limnophyes gelasinus Saether (Diptera. Chironomidae). Ephemera 12(1): 7-15.

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Mueller, G.A.; Name, F.T.; Pacheco, F.C.L.; Marcondes, C.B. 2010. Analysis of an alternative method for the study of bromeliad-associated fauna in plants with different foliar organization. Anais Da Academia Brasileira De Ciencias 82(4): 903-906.

Mulligan, B.L.; Morris, J.E.; Clayton, R.D. 2010. Chironomid abundance and consumption by juvenile channel catfish in plastic-lined and earthen culture ponds. Aquaculture Research 41(9): e234-e238.

Mwangi, J.N.; Wang, N.; Ritts, A.; Kunz, J.L.; Ingersoll, C.G., et al. 2011. Toxicity of silicon carbide nanowires to sediment-dwelling invertebrates in water or sediment exposures. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 30(4): 981-987.

Nabozhenko, M.V.; Kovalenko, E.P. 2011. Contemporary distribution of macrozoobenthic communities of the Yeisk Estuary (Taganrog Bay of the Sea of Azov). Oceanology 51(4): 626-631.

Nair, P.M.G.; Choi, J. 2011. Characterization of a Ribosomal Protein L15 cDNA from Chironomus riparius (Diptera; Chironomidae): transcriptional regulation by cadmium and silver nanoparticles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 159(3): 157-162.

Nair, P.M.G.; Choi, J. 2011. Identification, characterization and expression profiles of Chironomus riparius Glutathione S-Transferase (GST) genes in response to cadmium and silver nanoparticles exposure. Aquatic Toxicology 101(3): 550-560.

Nair, P.M.G.; Park, S.Y.; Choi, J. 2011. Expression of Catalase and Glutathione S-Transferase Genes in Chironomus riparius on exposure to Cadmium and Nonylphenol. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology and Pharmacology 154(4): 399-408.

Nair, P.M.G.; Park, S.Y.; Lee, S.; Choi, J. 2011. Differential expression of ribosomal protein gene, gonadotrophin releasing hormone gene and Balbiani Ring protein gene in silver nanoparticles exposed Chironomus riparius. Aquatic Toxicology 101(1): 31-37.

Nastad, F.; Brittain, J.E. 2010. Long-term changes in the littoral benthos of a Norwegian Subalpine lake following the introduction of the European Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus). Hydrobiologia 642: 71-79.

Neubern De Oliveira, C.S.; Da Silva, F.L. 2011. Two New species of Larsia Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from Neotropical Region. with a checklist of Larsia species of the World. Zootaxa (2786): 27-41.

Neubern de Oliveira, C.S.; Fonseca-Gessner, A.A.; Navarro-Silva, M.A. 2010. Parapentaneura bentogomensis Stur. Fittkau and Serrano (Diptera. Chironomidae. Tanypodinae) taken in southeastern, Brazil: additional characters and modified generic diagnosis. Biota Neotropica 10(2): 139-142.

Neubern, C.S.O.; Trivinho-Strixino, S.; Silva, F.L. 2011. Riethia manauara n. sp. an Amazonian chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 40(5): 595-599.

Niitsuma, H.; Suzuki, R.; Kato, H. 2011. Review of the Japanese species of Paramerina (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), with a key to the known males. Zootaxa (2821): 1-18.

Niu. S.Q.; Dudgeon. D. 2011. The influence of flow and season upon leaf-litter breakdown in monsoonal hong kong streams. Hydrobiologia 663(1): 205-215.

Novikova, O.; Papusheva, E.; Ponimaskin, E.; Blinov, A. 2011. A retroposition assay for the NLR1Cth from midge Chironomus thummi genome in the Chinese Hamster ovary cells. Russian Journal of Genetics 47(6): 682-690.

O'Neill, B.J.; Thorp, J.H. 2011. Flow refugia for the zoobenthos of a sand-bed river: the role of physical-habitat complexity. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30(2): 546-558.

Oberholster, P.J.; Musee, N.; Botha, A.-.; Chelule, P.K.; Focke, W.W., et al. 2011. Assessment of the effect of nanomaterials on sediment-dwelling invertebrate Chironomus tentans larvae. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 74(3): 416-423.

Oberrisser, P.; Waringer, J. 2011. Larval salamanders and diel drift patterns of aquatic invertebrates in an austrian stream. Freshwater Biology 56(6): 1147-1159.

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Obolewski, K. 2011. Macrozoobenthos patterns along environmental gradients and hydrological connectivity of oxbow lakes. Ecological Engineering 37(5): 796-805.

Obolewski, K.; Glinska-Lewczuk, K. 2011. Effects of oxbow reconnection based on the distribution and structure of benthic macroinvertebrates. Clean-Soil Air Water 39(9): 853-862.

Odume, O.N.; Muller, W.J. 2011. Diversity and structure of Chironomidae communities in relation to water quality differences in the Swartkops River. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 36(14-15): 929-938.

Ogbeibu, A.E.; Arazu, V.N.; Nzei, N.; Igho, R. 2010. Impact of dredging on the water quality and macrobenthic invertebrate fauna of the Ikpoba River in Southern Nigeria. Tropical Freshwater Biology 19(1): 59-78.

Oliveira, A.; Callisto, M. 2010. Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators of Water Quality in an Atlantic Forest Fragment, Iheringia Serie Zoologia 100(4): 291-300.

Oliveira, R.B.S.; Baptista, D.F.; Mugnai, R.; Castro, C.M.; Hughes, R.M. 2011. Towards rapid bioassessment of wadeable streams in Brazil: Development of the Guapiacu-Macau Multimetric Index (GMMI) based on benthic. Ecological Indicators 11(6): 1584-1593.

Oliveira, V.; Martins, R.; Alves, R. 2010. Evaluation of water quality of an urban stream in Southeastern Brazil using chironomidae larvae (Insecta: Diptera). Neotropical Entomology 39(6): 873-878.

Oppel, S.; Powell, A.N.; Butler, M.G. 2011. King Eider foraging effort during the pre-breeding period in Alaska. Condor 113(1): 52-60.

Orendt, C.; Faasch, H. 2011. First record of Lipiniella moderata Kalugina, 1970 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Germany. Lauterbornia 72: 7-12.

Ostaszewska, T.; Dabrowski, K.; Kwasek, K.; Verri, T.; Kamaszewski, M., et al. 2011. Effects of various diet formulations (experimental and commercial) on the morphology of the liver and intestine of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) juveniles. Aquaculture Research 42(12): 1796-1806.

Ozersky, T.; Barton, D.R.; Evans, D.O. 2011. Fourteen years of Dreissenid presence in the rocky littoral zone of a large lake: effects on macroinvertebrate abundance and diversity. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30(4): 913-922.

Ozkan, N. 2011. The detection of larval Chironomidae (Diptera) fauna in Marmara Island and their distribution. Su Urunleri Dergisi 27(2): 47-53.

Pan, B.; Wang, H.; Liang, X.; Wang, H. 2011. Macrozoobenthos in Yangtze floodplain lakes: patterns of density, biomass, and production in relation to River Connectivity. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30(2): 589-602.

Pan, B.Z.; Wang, Z.Y.; He, X.B.; Pan, B.Z.; Wang, Z.Y., et al. 2011. Studies on assemblage characteristics of macrozoobenthos in the West River. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica 35(5): 851-856.

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