Identifying chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) for biological monitoring with PCR-RFLP

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 483-490

  Carew, M E ^a   Pettigrove, V ^b   Hoffmann, A A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

BIOMONITORING; FLY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC MARKERS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0346966835     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003268     Document Type: Article

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