Temperature-dependent growth and life cycle of nemoura sichuanensis (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) in a Chinese mountain stream

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-608

  Li, Fengqing ^a,b   Cai, Qinghua ^a   Liu, Jiankang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Growth xiangxi river; Nemoura sichuanensis; Temperature dependent; Univoltine

Indexed keywords

FIELD DATA; GROWTH PATTERNS; GROWTH XIANGXI RIVER; HEADWATER STREAM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LOGISTIC EQUATIONS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MOUNTAIN STREAMS; NEMOURA SICHUANENSIS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SIZE STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT; UNIVOLTINE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

LANDFORMS; TEMPERATURE;

RIVERS;

GROWTH RATE; HEADWATER; HISTOGRAM; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; LOGISTICS; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SIZE STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; XIANGXI RIVER;

NEMOURA; NEMOURIDAE; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 70350316633     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200911180     Document Type: Article

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