Insect biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems: Is there any latitudinal gradient?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 753-755

  Boyero, Luz ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Species richness; Temperate latitudes; Tropical latitudes

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036381673     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF01232     Document Type: Article

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