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Diversity and Distribution of Aquatic Insects in Aghanashini River of Central Western Ghats, India
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1Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences [CES], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
2Centre for Research in Aquatic Entomology, The Madura College, Madurai.
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

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Citation : Balachandran C., Dinakaran S., Subash Chandran M.D. and Ramachandra. T.V, 2012. Diversity and Distribution of Aquatic Insects in Aghanashini River of Central Western Ghats, India., Proceedings of the LAKE 2012: National Conference on Conservation and Management of Wetland Ecosystems, 06th - 09th November 2012, School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, pp. 1-10.
* Corresponding Author :
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India.
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