Phenotypic plasticity in a suspension-feeding insect, Simulium lundstromi (Diptera: Simuliidae), in response to current velocity

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Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 503-510

  Zhang, Yixin ^a   Malmqvist, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIMULIUM LUNDSTROMI; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

BLACKFLY; FAN MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WATER VELOCITY;

EID: 0030803454     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545611     Document Type: Article

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