Community structure and distribution of Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera larvae in lowland karst rivers in slovenia

Aquatic Insects

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages 343-357

  Hrovat, Mojca ^a   Urbaniĉ, Gorazdč ^a   Sivec, Ignac ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b SLOVENIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Karst spring; Lowland karst river; Mayflies; Multivariate analysis; Slovenia; Stoneflies

Indexed keywords

BAETIS RHODANI; EPHEMERELLA IGNITA; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 75949127862     PISSN: 01650424     EISSN: 17444152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650420902811919     Document Type: Article

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