The responses of a lotic mayfly Nousia sp. (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) to moving water and light of different wavelengths

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 567-573

  Barmuta, Leon A ^a   Mckenny, Claire E A ^a   Swain, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Leptophlebiidae; Light; Lotic macroinvertebrate; Phototactic response

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; MAYFLY; WATER FLOW;

ARENA; ARTHROPODA; EPHEMEROPTERA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; NOUSIA;

EID: 0034982067     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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