Organic matter processing by larval black flies in a temperate woodland stream

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 524-532

  Hershey, Anne E ^a   Merritt, Richard W ^b   Miller, Michael C ^c   McCrea, Jason S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK FLY; DETRITIVORY;

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0030303799     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545894     Document Type: Article

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