The effects of food level on the life history variables of the two closely related rotifer species Keratella tropica and Keratella valga

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Issue		Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim. Volume 53, 2017


Page(s)		153 - 160
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2017002
Published online		03 March 2017

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