Food of larval Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles varuna in a stream habitat in Sri Lanka

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-394

  Piyaratne, M K ^a   Amerasinghe, P H ^b   Amerasinghe, F P ^a   Konradsen, F ^a,c  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies; Anopheles varuna; Larval control; Larval feeding; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; RIVERS; SRI LANKA;

ALGAE; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES VARUNA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESMIDIALES; VARUNA;

EID: 32044458443     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)21[387:FOLACA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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