New insights into a life in current: Do the gill lamellae of epeorus assimilis and iron alpicola larvae (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) function as a sucker or as friction pads?

Aquatic Insects

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages 495-506

  Ditsche Kuru, Petra ^a   Koopb, Jochen H E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment devices; Attachment pads; Ephemeroptera; Flow velocity; Sucker; Underwater attachment

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EPEORUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 75949086775     PISSN: 01650424     EISSN: 17444152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650420903106731     Document Type: Article

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