Tube building by larvae of 3 species of midge (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-307

  Chaloner, Dominic T ^a   Wotton, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biogenic structures; chironomid midges; Chironomidae; ecosystem engineering; tube building

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029800004     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467278     Document Type: Article

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