A method for estimating larval life spans of aseasonal aquatic insects from streams on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-107

  Marchant, R ^a   Yule, C M ^b,c  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Enviromin   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT LARVA; LIFE SPAN; LONGEVITY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND;

EPHEMEROPTERA; ODONATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0029750024     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.d01-449.x     Document Type: Article

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