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Jamin Dreyer, Philip A. Townsend, James C. Hook III, David Hoekman, M. Jake Vander Zanden, and Claudio Gratton. 2015. Quantifying aquatic insect deposition from lake to land. Ecology 96:499–509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-0704.1

Appendix C. Details on midge emerge rates from Lake Mývatn, Iceland during 2008–2011, with estimated total midge emergence during those years.

Table C1. Average daily rates of total midge (Diptera: Chironomidae) emergence (g dw·m-2·d-1) estimated from emergence traps placed in the south basin of Lake Mývatn, Iceland during May–August 2008, 2010 and May–July 2009, 2011.

Mean Midge Emergence at Lake Myvatn, Iceland 2008–2011 by Sampling Period

         

Year

Sampling Period

N

Emergence g·m-2·d-1

SE

2008

24 May – 1 June

11

0.1779

0.0508

2008

1 June – 10 June

11

0.1569

0.0274

2008

10 June – 14 June

4

0.3268

0.1064

2008

10 June -20 June

6

0.0143

0.0047

2008

14 June – 20 June

5

0.0172

0.0078

2008

20 June – 3 July

12

0.0005

0.0002

2008

3 July – 19 July

12

0.0010

0.0003

2008

19 July – 29 July

12

0.0081

0.0023

2008

29 July – 4 August

12

0.0188

0.0090

         

2009

22 May – 1 June

8

0.0069

0.0016

2009

23 May – 1 June

4

0.0217

0.0109

2009

1 June – 8 June

20

0.1186

0.0200

2009

8 June – 15 June

20

0.0449

0.0140

2009

15 June – 26 June

20

0.0026

0.0005

2009

26 June – 17 July

19

0.0064

0.0018

2009

17 July -24 July

20

0.0704

0.0131

         

2010

22 May – 30 May

17

0.0492

0.0106

2010

30 May – 8 June

18

0.0333

0.0073

2010

8 June – 17 June

18

0.0147

0.0069

2010

17 June – 6 July

18

0.0010

0.0002

2010

6 July – 17 July

17

0.0297

0.0074

2010

17 July – 6 August

18

0.0010

0.0004

         

2011

26 May – 7 June

11

0.0033

0.0011

2011

7 June – 16 June

12

0.0049

0.0016

2011

16 June- 5 July

12

0.0045

0.0010

2011

5 July – 21 July

10

0.0010

0.0004

 

FigC1

Fig. C1. Total midge emergence (tons dw/yr) from the south basin of Lake Mývatn, Iceland during 2008–2011. Error bars are +/- 95% confidence intervals.


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