Dry mass estimates of some tropical aquatic insects

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 133-141

  Cressa, Claudia ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Biomass; Length mass relationships; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004519842     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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