Nowinszky L¹*, Kiss O², Puskás J¹, Kiss M¹, Barta V³ and Szentkirályi F⁴

¹Eötvös Loránd University, Savaria University Centre, Hungary, Europe
²Eszterházy Károly University, Hungary
³Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute, Hungary
⁴Department of Zoology, Plant Protection Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungary

*Corresponding Author: Nowinszky L, Eötvös Loránd University, Savaria University Centre, Hungary, Europe.

Received: June 09, 2021 ; Published: July 09, 2021

Abstract

This study deals with geomagnetic disturbance storm time (Dst) in relation with the light-trap catch of eight caddisfly (Trichoptera) species. All the caddisfly species come from our own light-traps. The numbers of catching specimens by generation were calculated relative catch (RC) values. These daily relative catch data were assigned to the daily values of geomagnetic Dst index. The relative catch data were divided accordance with the Dst index values. For each species, a relationship was found between the Dst index and the number of caddisflies captured. However, the results were not identical. Three types were identified: ascending, ascending then descending, descending then ascending.

Keywords: Caddisflies; Dst Index; Light-traps

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Citation

Citation: Nowinszky L., et al. “Effect of the Geomagnetic Disturbance Storm Time (Dst) on Light Trapped Caddisfly (Trichoptera) Species ”. Acta Scientific Microbiology 4.8 (2021): 11-16.

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Copyright: © 2021 Nowinszky L., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.