Ingestion of algae and inert particles by larval Culex quinquefasciatus SAY (Diptera: Culicidae)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-33

  Bern, Lars ^a   Dahl, Christine ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

CHLORELLA HOMOSPHOERA; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0033388649     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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