Food chains of aedes vexans (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in floodplain forests of the Dnipro river Cover Image

Трофічні зв’язки личинок aedes vexans (diptera: culicidae) заплавних дібров р. Дніпро
Food chains of aedes vexans (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in floodplain forests of the Dnipro river

Author(s): V. V. Gorban’, N. V. Voronova, M. V. Steblyuk, L. М. Titova, V. І. Pavlichenko
Subject(s): Sociobiology, Political Ecology
Published by: Дніпропетровський національний університет імені Олеся Гончара
Keywords: aedes vexans; Diptera: Culicidae; Food chains; floodplain forests; Dnipro river;

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: 14/2006
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 36-40
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Ukrainian