Dry mass estimation of tropical aquatic insects using different short-term preservation methods

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 143-149

  Cressa, Claudia ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Biomass; Length dry mass relationships; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043211158     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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