Community structure and phenology of chironomids (Insecta: Chironomidae) in a Patagonian Andean stream

Limnologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-117

  García, Patricia Elizabeth ^a   Añón Suárez, Diego Alejandro ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Emergence periods; Patagonia; Pupal exuviae

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMERGENCE; INSECT; PHENOLOGY; PUPA; STREAM;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; CRICOTOPUS; INSECTA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; PODONOMINAE;

EID: 33846554757     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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