Population dynamics and intraspecific interactions of an ectosymbiotic midge in a river in southern Maine, USA

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-262

  Pennuto, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Ectosymbiosis; Infestation intensity; Megaloptera; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; MEGALOPTERA; NANOCLADIUS;

EID: 0038724122     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467996     Document Type: Article

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