The evolutionary ecology of detritus feeding in the larvae of freshwater Diptera

Biological Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-141

  McLachlan, Athol J ^a   Ladle, Richard J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Detritus; Feeding; Inland waters; Larval Diptera

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; LARVA;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58849166108     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00063.x     Document Type: Review

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