Seasonal fluctuations and periodicity in the insect larval drift in an unpolluted Tropical River Tunga, Western Ghats, India

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-270

  Krishnamurthy, S V ^a   Ravichandra Reddy, S ^b  

^a KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drift; Insect larva; Seasonal fluctuations; Tropical river; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007899804     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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