Summer distribution patterns of the backswimmer, Anisops wakefieldi (Hemiptera: Notonectidae), in a New Zealand pond

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 661-672

  Gilbert, John J ^a   Burns, Carolyn W ^b   Gilbert, Caroline C ^c  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Anisops; Backswimmers; Diel movements; Distribution; Habitat choice; Notonectids; Predator avoidance; Size class segregation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; POND; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANISOPS WAKEFIELDI; HEMIPTERA; NOTONECTIDAE;

EID: 0033396508     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516909     Document Type: Article

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