The protective nature of Chironomus luridus larval tubes against copper sulfate

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Halpern, M ^a   Gasith, A ^b   Bresler, V M ^b   Broza, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chironomid tubes; Chironomus luridus; Copper; Fluorescein

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS LURIDUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; MALPIGHIA;

EID: 2942755990     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jis/2.1.8     Document Type: Article

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