A 'polarisation sun-dial' dictates the optimal time of day for dispersal by flying aquatic insects

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1341-1350

  Csabai, Zoltán ^b   Boda, Pál ^c   Bernáth, Balázs ^d   Kriska, György ^a   Horváth, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aquatic insect dispersal; Detection of water; Diel flight activity; Polarisation vision; Positive polarotaxis

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BEETLE; DIEL MIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; PREDATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COLEOPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33745098926     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01576.x     Document Type: Article

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