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. 2018 Jan 22;74(4):605–615. doi: 10.1007/s00244-018-0505-2

Table 2.

EC20 values for genera (tribe for Chironomids) present in a 10 day mesocosm experiment exposing ferric iron to naturally colonized communities of benthic invertebrates

Genus (or tribe/subfamily) EC20 (µg/L)
Rhithrogena sp. > 14,073
Ephemerella sp. > 14,073
Sweltsa sp. > 14,073
Brachycentrus sp. 7558
Baetis sp. 4870
Capnia sp. 3697
Cinygmula sp. 1882
Taenionema sp. 1626
Heterlimnius sp. 1282
Prostoia sp. 1176
Orthocladiinae 776
Micrasema sp. 356
Epeorus sp. 335
Tanytarsini 234