Concomitant diel vertical migration of a predatory leech and its amphipod prey
Blinn DW and Davies RW. 1990. Concomitant diel vertical migration of a predatory leech and its amphipod prey. Freshwater Biology. 24:401-407
Erpobdella montezuma, a predaceous leech was monitored at Montezuma Well, for one year. It's prey, Hyalella montezuma, maintained high densities in the subsurface strata of the well during the day, but migrated closer to the surface after sunset. E. montezuma migrated to higher levels at night to feed of the H. montezuma.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Blinn, Dean; Davies, Ronald
- Units
- MOCA
- Keywords
- 3, Amphipods (Amphipoda), Animals, Aquatic, Colorado Plateau, diel activity, Invertebrates, leeches, Montezuma Well (MOCA), Nice, NRCA, Predation