Circulatory responses to submersion in larvae of Phaeoxantha klugii (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from central Amazonian floodplains

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-94

  Zerm, Matthias ^a   Adis, Joachim ^a   Krumme, Uwe ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon; Circulatory depression; Floodplain; Inundation; Tiger beetle

Indexed keywords

CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PHAEOXANTHA;

EID: 4143048628     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520412331271025     Document Type: Article

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