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A Quantitative Method for Assessing the Nuisance Caused by Non-biting Aquatic Insects1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Philip S. Corbet
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario

Abstract

A quantitative method is described for measuring the nuisance caused by non-biting aquatic insects (Chironomidae, Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera) in the absence of a human observer. Threshold nuisance densities referring to different human occupations are given; and application of the method is discussed.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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