The role of salinity as an environmental filtering factor in the determination of the Diptera taxonomic composition in the Crimean waters | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

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Table 4

Dominant and subdominant chironomid species in the different salinity ranges.

Salinity range, g/L	Dominant species			Other species

	Species	Frequency of dominance occurrence, %	Share in total abundance, %
0–2	C. gr. sylvestris	40	100	–
	C. gr. sylvestris	10	38	E. gr. claripennis (31%), Chironomus sp. (8%), Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) sp. (23%)
	P. confusus	10	39	C. gr. cylindraceus (35%), C. gr. sylvestris
	P. (Tripodura) tetracrenatum + B. noctivagus	10	50 + 50	–
	Psectrocladius sp.	10	100	–
	Psectrocladius sp.	10	80	T. veralli
	T. kraatzi	10	56	G. gripekoveni (33%), B. noctivagus
5–10	C. gr. sylvestris	30	100	–
	C. gr. sylvestris	14		G. (Phytotendipes) paripes,
	C. gr. sylvestris	14		Polypedilum sp.
	C. gr. sylvestris	14	67	D. nervosus
	C. gr. sylvestris	14	50	P. confusus (28%), Chironomus sp. (15%), P. (Polypedilum) nubifer (7%)
	P. confusus	14	78	C. gr. sylvestris (20%), B. noctivagus (2%)
15–45	B. noctivagus	33	100	–
	C. gr. sylindraceus	25	100	–
	B. noctivagus	8.5	88	Cricotopus sp. (9%), P. confusus (3%)
	B. noctivagus + C. gr. sylindraceus + Metriocnemus sp.	8.5	33+33+33	–
	C. gr. obnixus	8.5	100
	H. fuscicola	8.5	100
	T. mendax	8.5	67	C. gr. Cylindraceus
50–80	B. noctivagus	44	100	–
	C. gr. cylindraceus	44
	C. gr. sylvestris	11	100
	P. confusus	11	100
100–190	B. noctivagus	83	100
100–190	B. noctivagus	17	93	C. gr. Cylindraceus
200–320	B. noctivagus	100	100	–

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