The influence of respiration and substrate upon the distribution of burrowing mayfly naiads

TitleThe influence of respiration and substrate upon the distribution of burrowing mayfly naiads
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1964
AuthorsEriksen CHedman
JournalVerhandlungen der Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie
Volume15
Pagination903-911
KeywordsRESPIRATION
Abstract

This study embodies an attempt to explain the relationships among respiratory demand, type of substrate and distribution.... Objectives were to elucidate similarities and differences of two burrowing mayfly species regarding respiration, morphology and behavior in an attempt to show their roles in these insects’ differential distribution.