Consequences of Physical Disturbance by Tadpoles and Snails on Chironomid Larvae

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="850782.fig.004a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/850782/figures/850782.fig.004a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b><i>Bellamya bengalensis</i></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="850782.fig.004b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/850782/figures/850782.fig.004b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b><i>Melanoides tuberculata</i></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="850782.fig.004c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/850782/figures/850782.fig.004c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Tadpoles of <i>Duttaphrynus melanostictus </i></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Changes in mean tube length of the developing chironomid larvae in the quadrats in the presence of snails and tadpoles (filled triangles) and control (without non-predators, bar) microcosms.</table>

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Figure 4: Consequences of Physical Disturbance by Tadpoles and Snails on Chironomid Larvae 