Prey location and prey choice by the freshwater leech Erpobdella octoculata using foraging kairomones

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1524-1530

  Kreuter, Kirsten ^a   Baier, Beate ^a   Aßmann, Christine ^b   Steidle, Johannes L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Asellus aquaticus; Chironomus sp.; Infochemicals; Tubifex sp.

Indexed keywords

ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SP.; ERPOBDELLA OCTOCULATA; FRESHWATER LEECH; HIRUDINIDA; TUBIFEX; TUBIFEX SP.;

EID: 64549137670     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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