Indiscriminate feeding by a predatory stonefly (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in a tropical Asian stream

Aquatic Insects

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-47

  Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diet; Gut contents; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; EUPHAEA; EUPHAEA DECORATA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; KAMIMURIA; ODONATA; PERLIDAE; PERLODIDAE; PHILOPOTAMIDAE; PLECOPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; TRICHOPTERA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0034058674     PISSN: 01650424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0165-0424(200001)22:1;1-Z;FT039     Document Type: Article

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