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1. In streams, mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera) are at risk from fish feeding visually in the water column. The effect of fish odour on the behaviour of Baetis bicaudatus from a fishless stream and a trout stream was investigated in four large oval tanks supplied with water from the fishless stream.2. For each mayfly population, mayfly positioning on the substratum and movement in the water column (drift) were measured during the day and night, over 3 days. Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) odour was added to two tanks to test the effect of a threat from fish.3. Throughout the experiment more mayflies from the trout stream were observed on the substratum surface and in the water column during the night than the day, but the magnitude of night drift was less in tanks with fish odour.4. Baetis from the fishless stream also displayed a nocturnal periodicity in drift and positioning, but their night‐time drift was not affected by the presence of fish odour. On the first day of the experiment, however, more mayflies were observed on the substratum surface and drifting in tanks without fish odour during the day.5. Sensitivity to fish odour may enable mayflies to alter their behaviour according to the risk of predation from fish.
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