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Can Halobates dodge nets? II: By moonlight? 1
Author(s) -
CHENG LANNA,
ENRIGHT J. T.
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.1973.18.4.0666
Subject(s) - moonlight , gerridae , plankton , heteroptera , environmental science , ecology , biology
Analyses of surface plankton samples collected at night during the EASTROPAC project suggest that Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae) may be able to see and avoid nets by the illumination provided by a full moon.
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