Effects of nutritional factors and soil addition on growth, longevity and fecundity of the tadpole shrimp Triops newberryi (Notostraca: Triopsidae), a potential biological control agent of immature mosquitoes

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-50

  Su, Tianyun ^a   Mulla, Mir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Growth; Longevity; Mosquito control; Tadpole shrimp; Triops newberryi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DISEASE CARRIER; EGG; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CULICIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EGGS; FERTILITY; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035377851     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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