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60 relations: Allele, Anatomy, Animal, Animal locomotion on the water surface, Aptery, Aquarius (genus), Aquarius remigis, Aquatic insect, Arthropod, Brackish water, Cannibalism, Challenger expedition, Denny's paradox, Density, Diapause, Fecundity, Frequency, Fresh water, Gerrinae, Gerromorpha, Halobates, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Hibernation, Hydrophobe, Hymenoptera, Insect, Instar, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Kin recognition, Larva, Limnoporus dissortis, Lipid, List of Gerridae genera, Mantidae, Nematode, Neritic zone, Nymph (biology), Ocean, Oceanic zone, Oikos (journal), Parasitism, Petrel, Pleuston, Polymorphism (biology), Prothorax, Sediment, Sodium chloride, Soviet Union, Surface tension, ..., Tern, Thorax (insect anatomy), Tropics, Ultrahydrophobicity, United States, Veliidae, Voltinism, Water, William Elford Leach, Zooplankton. Expand index (10 more) »
Allele
An allele is a variant form of a given gene.
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Anatomy
Anatomy (Greek anatomē, “dissection”) is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.
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Animal
Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.
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Animal locomotion on the water surface
Animal locomotion on the surface layer of water is the study of animal locomotion in the case of small animals that live on the surface layer of water, relying on surface tension to stay afloat.
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Aptery
Aptery is the anatomical condition of an animal completely lacking any kind of wings.
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Aquarius (genus)
Aquarius is a genus of water striders from the Northern Hemisphere.
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Aquarius remigis
Aquarius remigis, known as the common water strider, is a species of aquatic bug.
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Aquatic insect
Aquatic insects or water insects live some portion of their life cycle in the water.
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Arthropod
An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.
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Brackish water
Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater.
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Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food.
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Challenger expedition
The Challenger expedition of 1872–76 was a scientific exercise that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography.
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Denny's paradox
In the study of animal locomotion on the surface layer of water, Denny's paradox refers to the apparent impossibility of surface-dwelling animals such as the water strider generating enough propulsive force to move.
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Density
The density, or more precisely, the volumetric mass density, of a substance is its mass per unit volume.
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Diapause
Diapause, when referencing animal dormancy, is the delay in development in response to regularly and recurring periods of adverse environmental conditions.
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Fecundity
In human demography and population biology, fecundity is the potential for reproduction of an organism or population, measured by the number of gametes (eggs), seed set, or asexual propagules.
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Frequency
Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.
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Fresh water
Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.
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Gerrinae
Gerrinae is a subfamily of Water Strider.
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Gerromorpha
The Gerromorpha comprise an infraorder of insects in the "true bug" order Hemiptera.
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Halobates
Halobates or sea skaters are a genus with over 40 species of water striders.
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Hemiptera
The Hemiptera or true bugs are an order of insects comprising some 50,000 to 80,000 species of groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs.
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Heteroptera
The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera.
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Hibernation
Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in endotherms.
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Hydrophobe
In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the physical property of a molecule (known as a hydrophobe) that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water.
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Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.
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Insect
Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.
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Instar
An instar (from the Latin "form", "likeness") is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult (ecdysis), until sexual maturity is reached.
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Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1 November 1793 - 7 May 1831)Sterling (1997) was a Baltic German physician, naturalist, and entomologist.
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Kin recognition
Kin recognition, also called kin detection, is an organism's ability to distinguish between close genetic kin and non-kin.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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Limnoporus dissortis
Limnoporus dissortis is a species of water strider in the family Gerridae.
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Lipid
In biology and biochemistry, a lipid is a biomolecule that is soluble in nonpolar solvents.
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List of Gerridae genera
This is a list of 56 genera in the family Gerridae, water striders.
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Mantidae
Mantidae is the largest family of the order Mantodea, commonly known as praying mantises; most are tropical or subtropical.
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Nematode
The nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes).
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Neritic zone
The neritic zone is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately in depth.
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Nymph (biology)
In biology, a nymph is the immature form of some invertebrates, particularly insects, which undergoes gradual metamorphosis (hemimetabolism) before reaching its adult stage.
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Ocean
An ocean (the sea of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.
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Oceanic zone
The oceanic zone is typically defined as the area of the ocean lying beyond the continental shelf, but operationally is often referred to as beginning where the water depths drop to below 200 meters (656 feet), seaward from the coast to the open ocean.
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Oikos (journal)
Oikos is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in the field of ecology.
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Parasitism
In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
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Petrel
Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.
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Pleuston
The water strider, a common pleuston Pleuston are the organisms that live in the thin surface layer existing at the air-water interface of a body of water as their habitat.
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Polymorphism (biology)
Polymorphism in biology and zoology is the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also referred to as alternative phenotypes, in the population of a species.
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Prothorax
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs.
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Sediment
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.
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Sodium chloride
Sodium chloride, also known as salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions.
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
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Surface tension
Surface tension is the elastic tendency of a fluid surface which makes it acquire the least surface area possible.
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Tern
Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands.
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Thorax (insect anatomy)
The thorax is the midsection (tagma) of the insect body.
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Tropics
The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.
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Ultrahydrophobicity
Ultrahydrophobic (or superhydrophobic) surfaces are highly hydrophobic, i.e., extremely difficult to wet.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Veliidae
Veliidae is a family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera.
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Voltinism
Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year.
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Water
Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.
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William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist.
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Zooplankton
Zooplankton are heterotrophic (sometimes detritivorous) plankton.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerridae
