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diel periodicity

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Definition

Daily patterns in organism behavior, with some mayfly species showing increased drift activity at night to minimize exposure to visual predators

Related Terms (3)

diel periodicitydiurnal patternsday/night patterns

Publications (2)

Linking drift and benthic density along fishless to fish transitions in Rocky Mountain streams

The influence of predatory fish on mayfly drift: extrapolating from experiments to nature

2002Freshwater Biologycentral

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Frequently Associated Species

Baetis

Baetidae2 papers

Salvelinus fontinalis

Salmonidae2 papers

brook trout

Baetis bicaudatus

Baetidae2 papers

B. bicaudatus

Brown Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii

Salmonidae1 paper

Atlantic salmon

fish populations

Unknown