Environmental determinants of leech assemblage patterns in lotic and lenitic habitats

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Authors

KUBOVÁ Nela SCHENKOVÁ Jana HORSÁK Michal

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Limnologica
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Faculty of Science

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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