Diversity of chironomid larvae in a marginal fluvial wetland of the Middle Paraná River floodplain, Argentina

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-300

  Montalto, L ^a   Paggi, A C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chironomid larvae; Drought tolerance; Middle Paran River; Temporal fluvial wetlands

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INSECT; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ABLABESMYIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COELOTANYPUS; GOELDICHIRONOMUS HOLOPRASINUS; MONOPELOPIA BOLIEKAE; POLYPEDILUM;

EID: 33845950534     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2006029     Document Type: Article

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