Length-weight relationships of four predatory stonefly species in Japan

Limnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-174

  Genkai Kato, Motomi ^a,b   Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body length; Dry weight; Head capsule width; Perlidae; Stonefly

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY FLOW; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; PREDATOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; STONEFLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; PERLIDAE; PERLODIDAE; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 34547955551     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-007-0210-8     Document Type: Article

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