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chironomid

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or belonging to the dipterous family Chironomidæ.
  • noun A member of the dipterous family Chironomidæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun informal Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Chīronomidae, family name, from Chīronomus, type genus, from Latin chīronomos, moving the hands according to the rules of art, pantomimic (the genus being so called because the adults hold their front pair of legs in the air when at rest ), from Greek kheironomos : kheir, hand; see ghes- in Indo-European roots + nomos, custom, law; see nem-.]

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Examples

  • There have been a variety of recent quantitative reconstructions of Holocene changes and variability in climatic and environmental variables through analysis of isotopic records and sedimentary remains of pollen, diatom assemblages, and/or chironomid head capsules from arctic and subarctic lakes in northern Sweden [44].

    Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009

  • Changes of treelines and alpine vegetation in relation to post-glacial climate dynamics in northern Fennoscandia based on pollen and chironomid records.

    Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009

  • Cladoceran and chironomid assemblages as quantitative indicators of water depth in subarctic Fennoscandian lakes.

    Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009

  • Cladoceran and chironomid assemblages as quantitative indicators of water depth in subarctic Fennoscandian lakes.

    Effects of climate change on general hydro-ecology in the Arctic 2009

  • Pollen, diatom, chironomid, and oxygen isotope records from lake sediments have been used to reconstruct climate conditions and ecosystem responses during the Holocene [38].

    Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009

  • Instead of freeing slimy sculpin from predation, the population of burbot rapidly expanded and burbot became an effective predator, restricting slimy sculpin to rocky littoral habitats, and allowing the density of its prey, chironomid larvae, to remain high.

    Human impacts on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009

  • Fish species are lake trout, Arctic grayling, round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum), burbot, and slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus), which feed on benthic chironomid larvae and snails, the latter controlling epilithic algae in the lake.

    Effects of climate change on hydro-ecology of contributing basins in the Arctic 2009

  • Numerous proxies, including chironomid-inferred July air temperatures, diatom-inferred lakewater pH, and sediment organic matter, reveal a pronounced Holocene thermal maximum as much as 5°C warmer than historic summer temperatures from 10,000 to 8500 cal yr B.P. Following rapid cooling 8500 cal yr B.P., Lake CF3 proxies indicate cooling through the late Holocene.

    Lamb on the Northeast Atlantic « Climate Audit 2006

  • Climate reconstructions based on the pollen and chironomid records suggest that the climate during ca. 10,300–9200 cal. yr BP was up to 2–3 C warmer than the present day.

    Warmest in a Millll-yun Years « Climate Audit 2006

  • Radiocarbon-dated pollen, rhizopod, chironomid and total organic carbon (TOC) records from Nikolay Lake (73j20VN, 124j12VE) and a pollen record from a nearby peat sequence are used for a detailed environmental reconstruction of the Holocene in the Lena Delta area.

    Warmest in a Millll-yun Years « Climate Audit 2006

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