Length–mass relationships of Australian aquatic invertebrates

Length–mass relationships for macroinvertebrates are used in many ecological studies; however, few length–mass relationships are available for Australian freshwater macroinvertebrates. In this study, we generated 22 new length–mass relationships from 2148 specimens spread across four orders, nine families, three subfamilies, 12 genera and two species. We also qualitatively compare our length–mass equations with others from Australia, New Zealand, North America and Europe.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Austral ecology (Print)

• Publication date

  2021-07-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/AEC.13077
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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