Salt and water balance in Hexagenia limbata (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae) when exposed to brackish water

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 650-651

  Chadwick, Michael A ^a,b   Hunter, Heather ^a   Feminella, Jack W ^a   Henry, Raymond P ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAYFLY; OSMOREGULATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA LIMBATA;

EID: 0036978051     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0650:SAWBIH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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