Food chains of aedes vexans (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in floodplain forests of the Dnipro river
Ae. vexans larvae are attributed to pseudobenthos. During feeding they are able both to filtrate and to scratch a periphyton from the substratum. As to larvae of Ae. vexans in flood oakwoods of the Dnipro River the detritus makes up two third, but algae – one third of the ration.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University
2005-12-01
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| Series: | Vìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâ |
| Online Access: | http://ecology.dp.ua/index.php/ECO/article/view/438 |