Incorporation of freshwater rhodophyta into the cases of chironomid larvae (Chironomidae, Diptera) from North America

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 949-952

  Sheath, Robert G ^a   Müller, Kirsten M ^a   Colbo, Murray H ^b   Cole, Kathleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrochaetiales; Batrachospermales; chironomid cases; Diptera; freshwater Rhodophyta; North America

Indexed keywords

ACROCHAETIALES; ALGAE; AUDOUINELLA; BATRACHOSPERMALES; BATRACHOSPERMUM; CARDIOCLADIUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EUKIEFFERIELLA; EUKIEFFERIELLA CLARIPENNIS; LEMANEA; ORTHOCLADIUS; PARALEMANEA; RHODOPHYTA; SIRODOTIA;

EID: 0030474287     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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