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Patterns of chironomid body-size distribution in an effluent-impacted river in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: ON Odume --- Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality, South Africa CG Palmer --- Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality, South Africa FO Arimoro --- Department of Biological Sciences, Nigeria PK Mensah --- Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality, South AfricaBody size is an important determinant of assemblage structure in rivers and streams impacted by elevated concentrations of pollutants such as salts and metals. In the present study, because of the larger surface-area-tovolume ratio of small-bodied chironomid species compared with...