A mayfly from tropical Brazil capable of tolerating short-term dehydration

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-94

  Nolte, Ulrike ^a,c   Tietböhl, Rosane S ^a   Mccafferty, W Patrick ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baetidae; Cloeodes; Dehydration tolerance; Mayflies; Neotropics; Rock pools

Indexed keywords

CLOEODES HYDATION;

EID: 0030061891     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467434     Document Type: Article

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