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Symbol Description Value 



A: 230 Mean sediment depth of flagellates (cm) 2.0 



kisi Mean sediment depth of micrometazoans (cm) 2.0 



A: .=,01 Fractional exchange constant for the equilibrium between water 0.0 



column U-DOC and benthic U-DOC (mg C (mg C hr) ') 



k-r,o-2 Fractional exchange constant for the equilibrium between water 0.0 



column R-DOC and benthic R-DOC (mg C (mg C hr) ') 



A: 801 Specific (per mg) V„ai for total ingestion of all food sources by all 0.02 



chironomid larvae at reference temperature (mg C (mg C hr) " ') 

 ^802 Half -saturation constant for ingestion of all food sources by all 250.0 



chironomid larvae (mg C m ^) 



kso:\ ^10 for chironomid larval ingestion and activity 3.0 



kgo* Chironomid selectivity coefficient for surface and buried benthic 3.0 



algae 



^8o.s Chironomid selectivity coefficient for bacteria 1.0 



ksof. Chironomid selectivity coefficient for ciliates 5.0 



/caoT Chironomid selectivity coefficient for micrometazoans 5.0 



k»o» Chironomid selectivity coefficient for flagellates 2.0 



kM» Chironomid selectivity coefficient for benthic detritus 0.01 



kmii Chironomid assimilation efficiency, all cohorts, for benthic algae, 0.4 



both surface and buried 



^811 Chironomid assimilation efficiency, all cohorts, for bacteria 0.4 



knii Chironomid assimilation efficiency, all cohorts, for ciliates 0.4 



/c8i.i Chironomid assimilation efficiency, all cohorts, for fiagellates 0.4 



ksn Chironomid assimilation efficiency, all cohorts, for 0.4 



micrometazoans 



/csii Chironomid assimilation efficiency, all cohorts, for detritus 0.01 



knn Fraction of dead chironomids (all cohorts) transferred to detritus 0.8 



^817 Specific (per mg) death rate of chironomid larvae, cohort 1 0.05 



(mgC(mgChr) ') 



A:8i8 Specific (per mg) death rate of chironomid larvae, cohort 2 0.02 



(mgC(mgChr)-') 



kf,i9 Specific (per mg) death rate of chironomid larvae, cohort 3 0.001 



(mgC(mgChr) ') 



kn2» Specific (per mg) death rate of chironomid larvae, cohort 4 0.001 



(mgC(mgChr)-') 



A:82i Fraction of chironomid ingestion rate secreted as mucus 0.1 



^822 Specific (per mg) respiration rate for chironomids, all cohorts 0.0002 



(mgC(mgChr) ') 



A:82.i Q 10 for chironomid respiration, all cohorts 2.0 



knu Mean sediment depth for chironomid larvae, cohort 1 (cm) 0.3 



A: 82.-. Mean sediment depth for chironomid larvae, cohort 2 (cm) 1.0 



/ca2« Mean sediment depth for chironomid larvae, cohort 3 (cm) 1.0 



kni: Mean sediment depth for chironomid larvae, cohort 4 (cm) 3.0 

 kftiH Specific (per mg) K^^i for total ingestion of all food sources by chironomid 0.006 



larvae (cohort 2) (mgC(mgChr) ') 

 ks29 Specific (per mg)) J^„o, for total ingestion of all food sources by chironimid 0.008 



larvae (cohort 3) (mg C(mg C hr) ') 

 A:83o Specific (per mg) K„„, for total ingestion of all food sources by chironomid 0.(X)6 



larvae (cohort 4) (mg C(mg C hr) ') 

 Acgoi Volume/area conversion factor for benthic system (m'' m '') 20.0 



A: 902 Drag coefficient of sediment 



