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Intra-annual colonization of Chironomidae on leaf litter in a Brazilian Cerrado stream

  • 1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia.
  • 2. Laboratório de Indicadores Ambientais, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Avenida Capitão Olinto
  • 3. Laboratório de Microbiologia Ambiental, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia. Rua Barão de
  • 4. Laboratório de Sistemática e Biogeografia de Insecta, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo. Rua do

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Pio, Jéssica F.G., Hepp, Luiz U., Medeiros, Adriana O., da Silva, Fabio L., Copatti, Carlos E. (2022): Intra-annual colonization of Chironomidae on leaf litter in a Brazilian Cerrado stream. Zoologia (e22015) 39: 1-9, DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v39.e22015, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v39.e22015

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