Aquatic insects associated with two morphologically different submerged macrophytes, Lagarosiphon ilicifolius and Vallisneria aethiopica, in small fishless ponds

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-416

  Phiri, Crispen ^a   Chakona, Albert ^b,c   Day, Jenny A ^d  

^a University Lake Kariba Research Station   (Zimbabwe)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Lagarosiphon ilicifolius; Submerged macrophytes; Vallisneria aethiopica

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INSECT; MACROPHYTE; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POND; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ARTHROPODA; DIPLACODES; HEXAPODA; LAGAROSIPHON; NAJAS; TRAMEA; TRITHEMIS; VALLISNERIA;

EID: 79960701097     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-011-9363-y     Document Type: Article

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