Life history and productivity of Hexagenia limbata (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae) and selected physico-chemical parameters in two tributaries of the Wekiva River, central Florida

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 543-551

  Lobinske, Richard J ^a,b   Ali, Arshad ^a   Jack Stout, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history; Mayfly; Physico chemical parameters; Productivity; Size frequency distribution; Streams

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA LIMBATA; SCAPPHODONTA;

EID: 0030479112     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496067     Document Type: Article

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