Effects of larval movement behavior and density on emergence success and adult body size in a commensal midge

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-184

  Pennuto, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commensalism; Fitness consequence; Intraspecific interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; LARVA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE; STREAM;

BODY SIZE; COMMENSALISM; EMERGENCE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LARVA; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; NANOCLADIUS; PLECOPTERACOLUTHUS;

EID: 0033858874     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009985405789     Document Type: Article

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