Why are there no insects in the open sea?
Abstract
The air-filled tracheal respiratory system of insects prevents them from diving deeply in water. It is argued that this is the major factor in preventing insects from colonizing the open sea: they cannot descend sufficiently deeply in the daytime to escape being eaten by fish.
- Publication:
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Journal of Experimental Biology
- Pub Date:
- September 1998
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1998JExpB.201.2461M