Tropical acid streams - The chironomid (Diptera) response in northern Australia

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 473-483

  Cranston, P S ^a,b   Cooper, P D ^b   Hardwick, R A ^b   Humphrey, C L ^c   Dostine, P L ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID STREAM; DRIFT; HEAVY METAL;

AUSTRALIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0030619816     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00136.x     Document Type: Review

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