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OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIOLOGY OF AMETROPUS NEAVEI (EPHEMEROPTERA: AMETROPODIDAE) FROM A LARGE RIVER IN NORTHERN ALBERTA, CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Hugh F. Clifford  and
David R. Barton
Hugh F. Clifford
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9
David R. Barton
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
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Abstract

Ametropus neavei McDunnough populations apparently inhabit only large rivers. In the Athabasca River of northeastern Alberta, Canada, the species has an univoltine life cycle, with some overlap of generations. There appears to be an extended emergence period (June and July), the nymphs are found in flowing water at depths greater than 0.5 m, and the population is almost entirely small-particle detritivores.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 7 , July 1979 , pp. 855 - 858
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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