Optimal conditions for rearing the tadpole shrimp, Triops longicaudatus (Notostraca: Triopsidae), a biological control agent against mosquitoes

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 446-453

  Fry O'Brien, Lisa L ^a,b   Mulla, Mir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030237754     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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