Substratum preferences by larvae of three species of midge (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 93-99

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chironomid midges; Chironomidae; Cladophora; organic material; sand; substratum

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CLADOPHORA; CRICOTOPUS SYLVESTRIS; DIPTERA; FABRICIUS; PSECTROCLADIUS LIMBATELLUS; TANYTARSUS; TANYTARSUS FIMBRIATUS;

HABITAT PREFERENCE; MIDGE;

EID: 0030299137     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00008917     Document Type: Article

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