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On temperature acclimation in an experimental population of Brachionus calyciflorus

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The influence of parental culture temperature regime on population parameters of offspring was investigated. Fecundity and net reproduction are influenced by the temperature conditions of the previous generation.

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Birger Pejler R. Starkweather Th. Nogrady

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Galkovskaya, G.A. (1983). On temperature acclimation in an experimental population of Brachionus calyciflorus . In: Pejler, B., Starkweather, R., Nogrady, T. (eds) Biology of Rotifers. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7287-2_27

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