Prey selection by the water bug Aphelocheirus aestivalis Fabr. (Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae)

Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 481-490

  Lemb, Markus ^a   Maier, Gerhard ^a  

^a Section for Biosystematic Documentation   (Germany)

Author keywords

field enclosure; prey selection; substrate; water bug

Indexed keywords

APHELOCHEIRIDAE; APHELOCHEIRUS; APHELOCHEIRUS AESTIVALIS; BAETIS; CRUSTACEA; ECDYONURUS; EPHEMERELLA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARUS; HETEROPTERA; HYDROPSYCHE; MEGALOPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0030475354     PISSN: 00209309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19960810316     Document Type: Article

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