Effects of Notonecta glauca predation on Cyphon larvae (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) populations in small, seasonal ponds

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-420

  Jeffries, Michael ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPHON; NOTONECTA GLAUCA;

EID: 0029792441     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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