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Experiments on site selection by aerially colonizing invertebrates showed that water current and food availability largely determine the qualitative and quantitative nature of the fauna that colonizes a body. New water bodies were rapidly colonized by a variety of species from nearby lotic and lentic habitats. After some time selection took place to establish communities characteristic of the habitats.
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H. B. N. Hynes (1976) studied this question.
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