Gene Flow and Dispersal Among Populations of the Stonefly <i>Peltoperla tarteri</i> (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae) in the Southern Appalachians

Despite a number of recent studies focused on the issue, patterns of stream insect dispersal in temperate streams of North America remain poorly understood. Movement of benthic invertebrates is notoriously difficult to measure directly using traditional means; however, genetic markers provide an ide...

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Main Author: Schultheis, Alicia Slater
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29750
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11272000-115149/