"Association of Aquatic Insects to Macrophytes in an Agricultural Drain" by Kevin King, John Flypaa et al.

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Association of Aquatic Insects to Macrophytes in an Agricultural Drainage Ditch

Authors

Kevin King, Mankato State University
John Flypaa, Mankato State University
Henry W. Quade, Mankato State University

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Article

Publication Date

1980

Keywords

Aquatic insects; Aquatic plants; Diptera; Plant communities

Abstract

The aquatic insects associated with five species of aquatic macrophytes were collected and identified from a drainage ditch in Le Suer County. A total of 21,160 specimens from eight orders were recovered with Diptera being the dominant. Tests of association, using the Coefficient of Community and Percent Similarity revealed a unique community associated with Potamogeton nodosus. Further, the authors found that the same information generated from the study could have been accomplished without the detailed taxonomy.

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King, K., Flypaa, J., & Quade, H. W. (1980). Association of Aquatic Insects to Macrophytes in an Agricultural Drainage Ditch. Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 46 No.2, 9-12.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol46/iss2/5

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