Ecology of symbiotes of larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): Distribution, diversity, and scale

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-302

  McCreadie, John W ^a   Adler, Peter H ^b   Beard, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

freshwater; microsporidia; nematodes; parasitism; streams

Indexed keywords

COMMENSALISM; FLY; FUNGUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; PARASITISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

DIPTERA; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA; NEMATODA; PROTISTA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 79953907404     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10258     Document Type: Article

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