Nuisance chironomids in waste water stabilization ponds: Monitoring and action threshold assessment based on public complaints

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Broza, M ^a   Halpern, M ^a   Gahanma, L ^a   Inbar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; INSECT CONTROL; ISRAEL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; INSECT CONTROL; ISRAEL; LARVA; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0041706676     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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