How well are Afrotropical mayflies known? Status of current knowledge, practical applications, and future directions

Inland Waters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Barber James, Helen M ^a,b   Gattolliat, Jean Luc ^c  

^a Albany Museum   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Musee Cantonal de Zoologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Afrotropical; Biomonitoring; Diversity; Ephemeroptera; Madagascar; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875207822     PISSN: 20442041     EISSN: 2044205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5268/IW-2.1.447     Document Type: Article

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