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COMPETITION BETWEEN EUCYCLOPS AGILIS AND DAPHNIA PULEX 1
Author(s) -
Parker Richard A.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1961.6.3.0299
Subject(s) - daphnia pulex , pulex , daphnia , biology , zoology , competition (biology) , population , ecology , branchiopoda , cladocera , crustacean , demography , sociology
Daphnia pulex suppressed the population development of Eucyclops agilis in mixed cultures. It appears that this reduced reproductive rate was due to the presence of Daphnia and not to metabolic products.