Factors influencing the distribution and feeding of the larvae of Chironomus riparius

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-73

  Osborne, S ^a   Hurrell, S ^a   Simkiss, K ^a   Leidi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Chironomidae; Depuration rates; Diptera; Feeding; Physical effects; Statistical probabilities

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BURROWING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034099399     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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