Filter-Feeding Ecology of Aquatic Insects
Annual Review of EntomologyPublished 1 January 1980
J. Bruce Wallace, Richard W. Merritt
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The major objectives of this article are to review the means by which filter-feeding insects obtain their food and to assess the role of these animals in aquatic ecosystems.
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A reduction in the number of setae and an increase in the sclerotization and size of the mandibular teeth was found to occur in a sequence from plankton feeder to predator.
Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataX‐RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF PARTICLES INGESTED BY FILTER‐FEEDING ANIMALS
25 Citations1978Richard W. Merritt, M. M. Mortland +2 more
The size and relative abundance of mineral particles ingested by two filter‐feeding aquatic insects, Simulium vittatum Zett and Aedes triseriatus, were determined by X‐ray diffraction methods.
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