Temperature and the biomass of flying midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the high Arctic

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-248

  Hodkinson, I D ^a   Coulson, S J ^a   Webb, N R ^b   Block, W ^c   Strathdee, A T ^d   Bale, J S ^d   Worland, M R ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATIC CHANGE; MIDGE; POLAR SEMI-DESERT; TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA HEATH;

SVALBARD, NY ALESUND;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0029775959     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546247     Document Type: Article

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