Body size-related constraints on the movement behaviour of the arctic notostracan Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas, 1973) under laboratory conditions

• Published in: Rendiconti Lincei
• Main Authors: MANCINELLI, Giorgio, PASQUALI, Vittorio
• Other Authors: Mancinelli, Giorgio, Pasquali, Vittorio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l. 2016
• Subjects: arctic tadpole shrimp; fractal dimension; individual difference; locomotor activity; 2300; agricultural and biological sciences (all); earth and planetary sciences (all); Arctic; Tadpole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/898466; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-016-0512-z; http://www.springerlink.com/content/120941/

The movement behaviour of individuals has long been acknowledged as a key determinant of species distribution in space and time. Information on benthic macroinvertebrates from aquatic habitats are still scant, however, and for polar species are virtually nonexistent. Here, the influence of body size...