Phenotypic adaptation of Chironomus riparius to chronic Bti exposure: effects on emergence time and nutrient content.

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Insects with aquatic larval and terrestrial adult life stages are a key component of coupled aquatic-terrestrial ecosystems. Thus, stressors applied to water bodies adversely affecting those larvae have the potential to influence the riparian zone through altered emergence, with differences in prey availability, timing, or nutrition. In this study, the common model organism Chironomus riparius, a species of...

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