Flight Capacity and Response to Habitat Drying of Endemic Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Arkansas (USA)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Flight Observations
2.2. Habitat Drying Experiment (H. sulphuria)
3. Results
3.1. Body Size Comparison
3.2. Flight Observations
3.3. Habitat Drying Experiment (H. sulphuria)
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Stream | GPS | # Observed | # Flew (Male) | # Flew (Female) |
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H. sulphuria | ||||
Wildcat Creek | 36.160991–94.308550 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Unnamed stream | 35.995116–94.136201 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Unnamed stream | 36.126359–94.184033 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Unnamed stream | 36.156602–93.547469 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
H. phoebeae | ||||
Shop Creek * | 35.952400–93.243328 | 71 | 8 | 7 |
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Longing, S.D.; Magoulick, D.D. Flight Capacity and Response to Habitat Drying of Endemic Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Arkansas (USA). Hydrobiology 2023, 2, 354-362. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology2020023
Longing SD, Magoulick DD. Flight Capacity and Response to Habitat Drying of Endemic Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Arkansas (USA). Hydrobiology. 2023; 2(2):354-362. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology2020023
Chicago/Turabian StyleLonging, Scott D., and Daniel D. Magoulick. 2023. "Flight Capacity and Response to Habitat Drying of Endemic Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Arkansas (USA)" Hydrobiology 2, no. 2: 354-362. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology2020023
APA StyleLonging, S. D., & Magoulick, D. D. (2023). Flight Capacity and Response to Habitat Drying of Endemic Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Arkansas (USA). Hydrobiology, 2(2), 354-362. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology2020023