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The ecology of the Turbellaria with special reference to the freshwater triclads

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To attempt a complete review of turbellarian ecology in the time and space available would result in superficiality. Therefore, I have restricted this account to the four basic ecological processes which have and continue to determine flatworm distribution and abundance. These are: (1) historical or zoogeographical events which permit or prevent a species from reaching a habitat; (2) physiological limitations of the species vis à vis the habitat; (3) access to suitable energy sources and (4) the effects of competition, predation and parasitism, referred to collectively as bionomic processes.

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  1. T. B. Reynoldson

    Present address: Zoology Dept., Biological Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, T6G 2E9, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Reynoldson, T.B. The ecology of the Turbellaria with special reference to the freshwater triclads. Hydrobiologia 84, 87–90 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00026166

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