Morphometry and biomass determination of dominant mayfly larvae (Ephemeroptera) in running waters

Length-mass regressions and length-carbon mass regressions have been developed to estimate biomass from measured length parameters for four different taxa of mayfly larvae; special attention has been focused on practical applicability. Body length, head-capsule width, mesonotum and pronotum width are the most suitable length parameters among seventeen body dimensions considered here; as a rule, a power function y=ax b is qualitatively better than a linear, exponential or square power function. The choice of a regression model depends on the respective body dimension and the measuring range. These length-biomass regressions obtain considerable significance for practical applicability in production biology

• Publication year

  1990

• Venue

  Archiv für Hydrobiologie

• Publication date

  1990-03-14

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/118/1990/31
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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