"Effect of Substrate Types on Aquatic Insect Distribution" by Henry L. Bell

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Effect of Substrate Types on Aquatic Insect Distribution

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Henry L. Bell, National Water Quality Laboratory, Duluth, Minnesota

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Publication Date

1968

Keywords

Insects--Habitat; Aquatic insects; Insects--Geographical distribution

Abstract

The effect of substrate types on aquatic insect distribution in the Lester River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, was analyzed through regular measurement of the standing crop. It was found that most aquatic insects preferred a rubble substrate, followed by coarse gravel, bedrock, and coarse sand.

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Bell, H. L. (1968). Effect of Substrate Types on Aquatic Insect Distribution. Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 35 No.2, 79-81.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol35/iss2/5

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