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      Seasonal size distribution of Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in an andean tropical river Translated title: Distribución estacional del tamaño de Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) en un río tropical andino

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          Total body length and head capsule width (mm) were used as biometric characteristics in discriminating between size-frequency estimates of three Anacroneuria morphospecies, from 28 sampling sites along a tropical river subject to bimodal variations in water level in Central Colombia. A total of 344 specimens grouped into four size classes were collected. The highest abundance of Anacroneuria larvae was observed during the dry season and there was a higher abundance of small-sized individuals (body length <12mm). overall, the highest abundance of stonefy larvae was recorded between 1000 to 1600m.a.s.l. Conductivity and pH showed a significant correlation with the total abundance of preimaginal stonefies. Plecoptera size distribution patterns could be useful in assessing which stonefy size-spectra are susceptible to disturbance in tropical rivers and in evaluating their population dynamics.

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          Se utilizaron el largo total y el ancho de la capsula cefálica como rasgos biométricos para estimar la frecuencia de tamaño de tres morfo-especies de Anacroneuria (Insecta: Plecoptera) registrados en 28 estaciones de muestreo ubicadas longitudinalmente en un río tropical del centro de Colombia sometido a un régimen de precipitación bimodal. Se coleccionaron 344 especímenes que fueron agrupados en cuatro clases de tamaño. La mayor abundancia de larvas se registró durante la estación seca con una mayor presencia de individuos "pequeños" (tamaño corporal <12mm). Considerando ambas épocas hidrológicas, la mayor abundancia de plecópteros ocurrió entre 1000 y 1600m.s.n.m. La conductividad y el pH del agua mostraron una correlación significativa con la abundancia de plecópteros pre-emergentes. Los patrones de distribución de tamaño de larvas de Plecoptera constituyen una herramienta valiosa para establecer la vulnerabilidad de los estadios larvales frente al efecto de la perturbación en ríos tropicales y para evaluar su dinámica poblacional.

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                Journal
                rcen
                Revista Colombiana de Entomología
                Rev. Colomb. Entomol.
                Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología (Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia )
                0120-0488
                2665-4385
                December 2011
                : 37
                : 2
                : 305-312
                Affiliations
                [03] Ibagué orgnameUniversidad del Tolima orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias orgdiv2grupo de Investigación en Zoología Colombia
                [02] Tolima orgnameUniversidad del Tolima orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias orgdiv2grupo de Investigación en Zoología Colombia greinoso@ 123456ut.edu.co
                [01] Tolima orgnameUniversidad del Tolima orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias orgdiv2grupo de Investigación en Zoología Colombia
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                S0120-04882011000200024 S0120-0488(11)03700224
                ed3cae18-ba83-410e-bb4a-083361cafeb6

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                History
                : 25 October 2011
                : 28 February 2011
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                Neotrópico,Andes,Biometría,Tamaño Corporal,Trópico,Neotropics,Biometry,Body Size,Tropics

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