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Can Halobates dodge nets? I: By daylight? 1
Author(s) -
CHENG LANNA
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1973.18.4.0663
Subject(s) - daylight , daytime , plankton , environmental science , oceanography , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geography , geology , physics , optics
The frequency of occurrence of the ocean‐strider ( Halobates spp.), taken in surface plankton samples during the EASTROPAC project, is lower in daytime than at night. The analyses indicate that these insects can see and often avoid the mouth of an approaching net.