Diversity and community structure of aquatic insects in a pond in Midnapore town, West Bengal, India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-287

  Jana, Sarmistha ^a   Pahari, Priti R ^b   Dutta, Tapan Kr ^c   Bhattacharya, Tanmay ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya   (India)

^c PANSKURA BANAMALI COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Coleoptera; Hemiptera; Odonata

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INSECT; POND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MIDNAPUR; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 61849171545     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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