Summer Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) species richness and community structure in the lower Illinois River basin of Illinois

Great Lakes Entomologist

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 115-132

  DeWalt, R Edward ^a   Webb, Donald W ^a   Harris, Mitchell A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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