Publication details
Environmental determinants of leech assemblage patterns in lotic and lenitic habitats
| Authors | |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Limnologica |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2013.05.001 |
| Field | Zoology |
| Keywords | Hirudinida; Species diversity and composition; Lotic and lenitic habitats; Environmental predictors; Prey availability; Response curves |
| Description | Leeches (Clitellata: Hirudinida) are abundant predators or ecto-parasites inhabiting various freshwater habitats; however many biotic and abiotic drivers of their assemblage patterns have been deduced rather than directly tested. To study species richness and composition changes in leech assemblages, 109 sites of running and stagnant water bodies were sampled in three regions of the Czech Republic. |
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