Temperature-dependent growth rates of larval midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) from a southeastern U.S. stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-75

  Reynolds, Steven K ^a,b   Benke, Arthur C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Robert S Kerr Environmental Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Growth rates; lotic

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GROWTH RATE; IOTIC; TAXONOMY;

CALCULATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; CHIRONOMINI; DIPTERA; TANYTARSINI;

EID: 24644482664     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-8334-x     Document Type: Article

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