A comparative study of the aquatic insects' fauna of four rivers in Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 12 A, 2005, Pages 1097-1104

  Kantzaris, Vasileios ^a   Iliopoulou Georgudaki, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Diptera; Epehemeroptera; Greek rivers; Plecoptera; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY;

ACHERONTAS RIVER; ALFEIOS RIVER; EPIRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; KALAMAS RIVER; PELOPONNISOS; PINEIOS RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BAETIS; CAENIS; DIPTERA; EPHEMERA (MAYFLY); EPHEMERELLA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HABROPHLEBIA; HEPTAGENIA; HEXAPODA; PLECOPTERA; SIPHLONURUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33947640588     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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