Contribution to the morphology and descriptive biology of Caurinella idahoensis (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae)

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-108

  Jacobus, Luke M ^a   McCafferty, W P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bitterroot Mountain Range; Caurinella idahoensis; Ephemerellidae; Ephemeroptera; Nostoc parmelioides; Stage descriptions

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAURINELLA IDAHOENSIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIPTERA; EPHEMERELLIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PARMELIOIDES; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 1442340160     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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