Species richness and distribution of eastern Australian lake chironomids and chaoborids

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2354-2368

  Wright, Ian A ^a   Burgin, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chironomid exuviae; Clinal variation; Endemic chironomids; Geographical variation; Lake biota

Indexed keywords

CHAOBORIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 36248930378     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01853.x     Document Type: Article

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