Abstract
Samples from eight water bodies in the region of Truelove and Sparbo Hardy Lowland, Devon Island (75 ° 30′ N, 86 ° 00′ W) yielded 70 taxa (4 Bdelloidea, 66 Monogononta) of rotifers, nineteen of which are new records for the Canadian High Arctic.
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De Smet, W.H., Beyens, L. Rotifers from the Canadian high arctic (Devon Island, Northwest territories). Hydrobiologia 313, 29–34 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00025928
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