Mesocosm and macrocosm experiments to examine effects of mowing emergent vegetation on wetland invertebrates

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 303-309

  De Szalay, Ferenc A ^a   Batzer, Darold P ^a,b   Resh, Vincent H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic invertebrates; marshes; mesocosm; mosquitoes; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; INVERTEBRATA; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA;

EID: 0030499280     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.2.303     Document Type: Article

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