Spatial Distribution of Chironomid Larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Two Central Florida Lakes

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 941-948

  Ali, Arshad ^a   Gu, Wei Dong ^a   Lobinske, Righard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Iwao's regression; Negative binomial distribution; Spatial distribution; Taylor's power law

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS CRASSICAUDATUS; DIPTERA; GLYPTOTENDIPES PARIPES; TANYPODINAE;

EID: 0001665434     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.4.941     Document Type: Article

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