Temporal patterns of diatom ingestion by larval net-winged midges (Diptera: Blephariceridae: Blepharicera)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2087-2097

  Alverson, Andrew J ^a,b   Courtney, Gregory W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Blephariceridae; Diatoms; Grazer; Scraper

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DIET; LARVA; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACHNANTHES; ACHNANTHES DEFLEXA; ACHNANTHIDIUM; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BLEPHARICERA; BLEPHARICERA SIMILANS; BLEPHARICERIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COCCONEIS PLACENTULA; DIPTERA; FRAGILARIA; INVERTEBRATA; SYNEDRA;

EID: 0036829467     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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