Estimation of dry mass of caddisflies Phylloicus elektoros (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae) in a Central Amazon stream

Aquatic invertebrate biomass estimations are often important in ecological and biological studies. Biomass may be determined by regression models between body and case dimensions and dry mass. Using linear, exponential and power regressions we analyzed the relationship between body and case dimensio...

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Main Authors: Renato T. Martins, Adriano S. Melo, José F. Gonçalves Jr, Neusa Hamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014-08-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702014000400005&lng=en&tlng=en