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ESTABLISHMENT OF CHIRONOMIDS IN A LARGE TROPICAL MAN-MADE LAKE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

T. Petr
Affiliation:
Volta Basin Research Project, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana1

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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