Abstract Oxygen-isotope values of invertebrate cuticle preserved in lake sediments have been used palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, generally with the assumption that fractionation oxygen isotopes between and water ( $$\upalpha_{\text{cuticle}-\text{H}_{2}\text{O}}$$ ? cuticle</mml:mte...

A paleoenvironmental perspective of temperature change is paramount to understanding the significance of recent warming in the Arctic. Late Quaternary sediments from many arctic lakes provide environmental archives with decadal resolution, but reconstructions are hampered by the relative insensitivity of many traditional proxies to temperature. Here, we show that the O of head capsules of chiro...

Late Pleistocene permafrost of the Yedoma type constitutes a valuable paleo-environmental archive due to presence numerous and well-preserved floral faunal fossils. The study fossil inventory allows for qualitative quantitative reconstructions past ecosystem climate conditions variations over time. Here, we present results combined paleo-proxy studies including pollen, chironomid, diatom mammal...

Continuous pollen and chironomid records from Lake Emanda (65°17′N, 135°45′E) provide new insights into the Late Quaternary environmental history of Yana Highlands (Yakutia). Larch forest with shrubs (alders, pines, birches) dominated during deposition lowermost sediments suggesting its Early Weichselian [Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5] age. Pollen- chironomid-based climate reconstructions sugges...

Among insects, haemoglobin is known to occur only in certain chironomid larvae, in Gastrophilus larvae, and in the water bugs Macrocorixa geoffroyi and those belonging to the subfamily Anisopinae. Only in the chironomid (Walshe, 1950) and Gastrophilus larvae (Keilin & Wang, 1946) is much known of its function and properties. A useful summary of the characteristics of haemoglobin in these insect...

Chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae; non-biting midges) are known to be carriers of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium, responsible for the fatal cholera disease in humans. It was recently discovered that chironomid females choose their oviposition site by a visual cue. In this study, we test the hypothesis that this visual cue is the linear polarization of light reflected from the water surface. We ...

Massive mosquito nuisance problems, caused by the flood-water mosquito Aedes sticticus, occur after floods in the flood plains of the River Dalälven, central Sweden. Since 2002, the biological mosquito larvicide Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) has been used to control these mosquitoes. Here, we report results from the first six years of monitoring Chironomidae, the most susceptibl...