Laboratory and field assessment of the potential of larvivorous, air-breathing fishes as predators of culicine mosquitoes

Biological Control

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-133

  Bhattacharjee, Indranil ^a   Aditya, Gautam ^a   Chandra, Goutam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Air breathing fishes; Anabas testudineus; Clarias batrachus; Diet breadth; Heteropneustes fossilis; Niche breadth

Indexed keywords

ANABAS TESTUDINEUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLARIAS BATRACHUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; PISCES;

EID: 62549102410     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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