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Chironomidae

Common names: chironomids, midges, midge pupae, chironomid midges, Midges, midge larvae

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Diptera > Chironomidae

Roles: study subject, prey, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 127917

Synonyms: Chironomids, chironomids, chironomid midges, Chironomidae

External: RMBL Collections

Papers: 85 | Mentions: 92

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 75 entities)

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Publications (85)

student_paper

How does water temperature affect the development and growth of various mayfly species?

2026Role: text_match

student_paper

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INTERMEDIATE PREDATORS AND PREY IN SUBALPINE PONDS

2026Role: prey (benthic)

student_paper

Evaluating differences in water temperature and macroinvertebrate communities in BDA ponds, stream pools, and beaver dam ponds

2025Role: text_match

article

A global assessment of environmental and climate influences on wetland macroinvertebrate community structure and function

2024Global Change BiologyRole: study subject

article

Consequences of nuisance algal blooms of Didymosphenia geminata on invertebrate communities in Rocky Mountain streams

2024Freshwater ScienceRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Temperature and N:P Ratios on Didymo Algae Growth

2024Role: text_match

thesis

Cross-trophic-level dynamics in aquatic ecosystems and their application across ecological contexts

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

How beaver pond age affects aquatic invertebrates

Documents (7)

technical report

An Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Reuse System to Enhance Wildlife and Other Estuarine Values

technical report

An Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Reuse System to Enhance Wildlife and Other Estuarine Values

environmental assessment

Review of Data and Summary of Opinions Regarding Snowmass Creek Modification

Co-occurring Species

Diptera

54 shared papers

Mayflies

Ephemeroptera52 shared papers

aquatic insects

50 shared papers

Trichoptera

47 shared papers

Beetles

37 shared papers

Ephemeroptera

36 shared papers

Plecoptera

32 shared papers

benthic invertebrates

32 shared papers

Baetis

Baetidae30 shared papers

Salvelinus fontinalis

Salmonidae30 shared papers

2023Role: text_match

article

Species-specific traits predict whole-assemblage detritus processing by pond invertebrates

2022OecologiaRole: study subject

student_paper

Testing for competition, facilitation, and intraguild predation between two co-dominant detritivores: the caddisfly Limnephilus externus and chironomid midges

2022Role: study subject

article

Animal-Driven Nutrient Supply Declines Relative to Ecosystem Nutrient Demand Along a Pond Hydroperiod Gradient

2021EcosystemsRole: text_match

thesis

From animals to ecosystem processes: Predicting functional outcomes of climate-driven changes in animal communities through species traits

2021Role: text_match

article

Modeling the Impact of Riparian Hollows on River Corridor Nitrogen Exports

2021Frontiers in WaterRole: text_match

student_paper

Morph and Sex differences in prey selectivity of tiger salamanders ( Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum )

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

Exploring effects of proliferation of Didymosphenia geminata on abundance and coexistence of Rhyacophila species (Trichoptera) in streams near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

2020Role: prey

student_paper

The impact of </Didymosphenia geminata> on the community structures of invertebrates in streams around the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab

2020Role: text_match

student_paper

The role of non-caddisfly taxa on detrital processing in montane ponds

2020Role: text_match

student_paper

Tracing phenology trends in time and space using herbarium data and citizen science observations in western Colorado

2020Role: text_match

student_paper

Exploring mechanisms explaining coexistence patterns of Rhyacophila species (Trichoptera) in streams near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

2019Role: prey

thesis

Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

2019Role: text_match

article

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

article

High interspecific variation in nutrient excretion within a guild of closely related caddisfly species

2018EcosphereRole: text_match

student_paper

Nutrient excretion rates of common aquatic taxa in high elevation ponds at the Mexican Cut

2018Role: text_match

other

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

article

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

article

Role of animal detritivores in the breakdown of emergent plant detrius in temporary ponds

2018Freshwater ScienceRole: text_match

student_paper

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coexistence in Closely Related Rhyacophila (Trichoptera) Species

2018Role: prey

student_paper

Effects of Didymosphenia germinata on American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) Territory Size

2017Role: prey

student_paper

Species Co-occurrence Patterns and Mechanisms for Rhyacophila in High-Altitude Streams

2017Role: text_match

article

Fitness and hormonal correlates of social and ecological stressors of female yellow-bellied marmots.

2016Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

article

Does the morphology of beaver ponds alter downstream ecosystems?

2011HydrobiologiaRole: text_match

article

Consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of cannibalism in fluctuating age-structured populations

2010EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Beaver pond morphology as a tool for predicting changes downstream

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Effect of diatom, Didymosphenia geminata, on Invertebrate Abundance and Composition in Rocky Mountain Streams

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Macroinvertebrate excretion rates and their contribution to nutrient cycling in a rocky mountain stream

2009Role: text_match

article

From individuals to ecosystem function: toward an integration of evolutionary and ecosystem ecology

2008EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Impact of light availability on benthic algal assemblages and invertebrate species composition

2008Role: text_match

article

The effect of the Grand Ditch on the abundance of benthic invertebrates in the Colorado River, Rocky Mountain National Park

2008River Research and ApplicationsRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of the nuisance diatom Didymosphenia geminata on invertebrates in a Rocky Mountain stream

2007Role: study subject

chapter

Methods in Stream Ecology

2006Role: prey

student_paper

Patterns of biodiversity in sub-alpine wetlands

2006Role: text_match

article

Temporal shift of diet in alternative cannibalistic morphs of the tiger salamander

2006Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyRole: text_match

article

Larval cannibalism, time constraints, and adult fitness in caddisflies that inhabit temporary wetlands

2004OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Swarming and mating behavior of a mayfly Baetis bicaudatus suggest stabilizing selection for male body size

2002Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: text_match

article

Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators

2001Canadian EntomologistRole: text_match

article

North American dipteran pollinators: assessing their value and conservation status

2001Conservation EcologyRole: text_match

article

Sampling stream invertebrates using electroshocking techniques: implications for basic and applied research

2001Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic ScienceRole: text_match

article

Conservation of insect diversity: a habitat approach

2000Conservation BiologyRole: study subject (one of eight mo

article

Hydrologic and behavioral constraints on oviposition of stream insects: implications for adult dispersal

2000OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Delayed egg hatching and semivoltinism in the nearctic stonefly Megarcys signata (Plecoptera:Perlodidae)

1999Aquatic InsectsRole: text_match

article

Foraging trade-offs along a predator-permanence gradient in subalpine wetlands

1999EcologyRole: text_match

chapter

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

1999Role: text_match

chapter

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

1999Role: text_match

chapter

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

1999Role: text_match

article

Three Harpellales that live in one species of aquatic chironomid larva

1999MycologiaRole: text_match

article

Life histories and the strengths of species interactions: combining mortality, growth, and fecundity effects

1998EcologyRole: text_match

article

Cyclic Colonization in Predictably Ephemeral Habitats: A Template for Biological Control in Annual Crop Systems

1997Biological ControlRole: text_match

article

Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum

1996Evolutionary EcologyRole: prey

article

Seasonal movement patterns in a subalpine population of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum

1994Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

article

Intraguild predation and competition between larval dragonflies: direct and indirect effects on shared prey

1993EcologyRole: text_match

article

Vascular Plants of the Gothic Area

1993Role: prey

article

Anthophilous fly distribution across an elevation gradient

1992American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Stonefly predation along a hydraulic gradient: a test of the harsh-benign hypothesis

1990Freshwater BiologyRole: text_match

article

Seasonal variation in the intensity of competition and predation among dragonfly larvae

1989EcologyRole: text_match

article

Distribution and species diversity of trichomycete gut fungi in aquatic insect larvae in two Rocky Mountain streams

1988Canadian Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

other

A Key to the Chironomid Larve of Gunnison County, Colorado Streams ans Ponds Above 3000m Elevation

1985Role: text_match

book

A key to the aquatic insects of streams in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab, including chironomid larvae from streams and ponds

1985Role: text_match

other

An Artificial Key to the Aquatic Insects of Gunnison County, Colorado Streams above 2750 Elevation including chrironomid larvae from streams and ponds

1985Role: text_match

article

Do predaceous stoneflies and siltation affect the structure of stream insect communities colonizing enclosures?

1985Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

article

The quantification of stream drift

1985Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic ScienceRole: study subject (drifting invert

article

The size composition of invertebrate drift in a Rocky Mountain stream

1984OikosRole: text_match

article

Aquatic insect predator-prey relations

1982BioScienceRole: prey

article

Feeding habits and prey consumption of three predaceous stoneflies (Plecoptera) in a mountain stream

1982EcologyRole: text_match

article

The effects of reduction in trout density on the invertebrate community of a mountain stream

1982EcologyRole: prey / study taxon

thesis

Aquatic insects as measures of trace element presence: cadmium and molybdenum

1981Role: text_match

article

Determinants of diet of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in a mountain stream

1981Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic ScienceRole: prey

article

Embryological induction and predation ecology in Daphnia pulex

1981Limnology and OceanographyRole: text_match

article

Predator-prey interactions between stoneflies and mayflies: behavioral observations

1980EcologyRole: text_match

article

The food habits of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in the upper Gunnison River, Colorado

1977Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

article

The distributional ecology and diversity of benthic insects in Cement Creek, Colorado

1975EcologyRole: text_match

article

Zooplankton competition and predation: an experimental test of the size-efficiency hypothesis

1974EcologyRole: text_match

article

Mortality in a population of Daphnia rosea

1972EcologyRole: text_match

article

Undescribed genera and species of Harpellales (Trichomycetes) from the guts of aquatic insects

1972MycologicaRole: text_match

article

Mountain mosquitoes of the Gothic, Colorado area

1966American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Axenic culture of two new species of branched Trichomyctes

1964American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Chironomidae

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 75 entities)

Publications (85)

How does water temperature affect the development and growth of various mayfly species?

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INTERMEDIATE PREDATORS AND PREY IN SUBALPINE PONDS

Evaluating differences in water temperature and macroinvertebrate communities in BDA ponds, stream pools, and beaver dam ponds

A global assessment of environmental and climate influences on wetland macroinvertebrate community structure and function

Consequences of nuisance algal blooms of Didymosphenia geminata on invertebrate communities in Rocky Mountain streams

The Effects of Temperature and N:P Ratios on Didymo Algae Growth

Cross-trophic-level dynamics in aquatic ecosystems and their application across ecological contexts

How beaver pond age affects aquatic invertebrates

Documents (7)

An Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Reuse System to Enhance Wildlife and Other Estuarine Values

An Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Reuse System to Enhance Wildlife and Other Estuarine Values

Environmental Assessment Mt. Emmons Iron Bog Proposed Mineral Withdrawal

Mount Emmons Aquatic Ecology Baseline Studies

Mount Emmons Aquatic Ecology Baseline Studies

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

Review of Data and Summary of Opinions Regarding Snowmass Creek Modification

Co-occurring Species

Diptera

Mayflies

aquatic insects

Trichoptera

Beetles

Ephemeroptera

Plecoptera

benthic invertebrates

Baetis

Salvelinus fontinalis

Species-specific traits predict whole-assemblage detritus processing by pond invertebrates

Testing for competition, facilitation, and intraguild predation between two co-dominant detritivores: the caddisfly <i> Limnephilus externus </i> and chironomid midges

Animal-Driven Nutrient Supply Declines Relative to Ecosystem Nutrient Demand Along a Pond Hydroperiod Gradient

From animals to ecosystem processes: Predicting functional outcomes of climate-driven changes in animal communities through species traits

Modeling the Impact of Riparian Hollows on River Corridor Nitrogen Exports

Morph and Sex differences in prey selectivity of tiger salamanders (<i> Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum </i>)

Exploring effects of proliferation of <i>Didymosphenia geminata</i> on abundance and coexistence of <i>Rhyacophila</i> species (Trichoptera) in streams near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

The impact of </Didymosphenia geminata> on the community structures of invertebrates in streams around the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab

The role of non-caddisfly taxa on detrital processing in montane ponds

Tracing phenology trends in time and space using herbarium data and citizen science observations in western Colorado

Exploring mechanisms explaining coexistence patterns of <i> Rhyacophila </i> species (Trichoptera) in streams near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

High interspecific variation in nutrient excretion within a guild of closely related caddisfly species

Nutrient excretion rates of common aquatic taxa in high elevation ponds at the Mexican Cut

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

Role of animal detritivores in the breakdown of emergent plant detrius in temporary ponds

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coexistence in Closely Related <i>Rhyacophila</i> (Trichoptera) Species

Effects of <i>Didymosphenia germinata</i> on American Dipper (<i>Cinclus mexicanus</i>) Territory Size

Species Co-occurrence Patterns and Mechanisms for <i>Rhyacophila</i> in High-Altitude Streams

Fitness and hormonal correlates of social and ecological stressors of female yellow-bellied marmots.

Does the morphology of beaver ponds alter downstream ecosystems?

Consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of cannibalism in fluctuating age-structured populations

Beaver pond morphology as a tool for predicting changes downstream

Effect of diatom, <i>Didymosphenia geminata</i>, on Invertebrate Abundance and Composition in Rocky Mountain Streams

Macroinvertebrate excretion rates and their contribution to nutrient cycling in a rocky mountain stream

From individuals to ecosystem function: toward an integration of evolutionary and ecosystem ecology

Impact of light availability on benthic algal assemblages and invertebrate species composition

The effect of the Grand Ditch on the abundance of benthic invertebrates in the Colorado River, Rocky Mountain National Park

Effects of the nuisance diatom <i>Didymosphenia geminata</i> on invertebrates in a Rocky Mountain stream

Methods in Stream Ecology

Patterns of biodiversity in sub-alpine wetlands

Temporal shift of diet in alternative cannibalistic morphs of the tiger salamander

Larval cannibalism, time constraints, and adult fitness in caddisflies that inhabit temporary wetlands

Swarming and mating behavior of a mayfly <i>Baetis bicaudatus</i> suggest stabilizing selection for male body size

Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators

North American dipteran pollinators: assessing their value and conservation status

Sampling stream invertebrates using electroshocking techniques: implications for basic and applied research

Conservation of insect diversity: a habitat approach

Hydrologic and behavioral constraints on oviposition of stream insects: implications for adult dispersal

Delayed egg hatching and semivoltinism in the nearctic stonefly <i>Megarcys signata</i> (Plecoptera:Perlodidae)

Foraging trade-offs along a predator-permanence gradient in subalpine wetlands

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

Three Harpellales that live in one species of aquatic chironomid larva

Life histories and the strengths of species interactions: combining mortality, growth, and fecundity effects

Cyclic Colonization in Predictably Ephemeral Habitats: A Template for Biological Control in Annual Crop Systems

Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>