Live wet weight, dry weight and caloricity of some macrobenthic invertebrates of Lake Võrtsjärv

Limnologica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-89

  Kangur, Külli ^a,b   Tuvikene, Lea ^a  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b Vortsjarv Limnological Stn ^*  (Estonia)

Author keywords

Caloricity; Dry matter content; Dry weight; Wet weight

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CALORICITY; MACROZOOBENTHOS;

ESTONIA, LAKE VORTSJARV;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031903591     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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