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A note on population densities of mollusca in the river Great Ouse at Ely, Cambridgeshire

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Population density and dispersion of ten species of freshwater molluscs have been estimated by random quadrat sampling. An apparent association between four of the species is described.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, CB2 3EJ, Cambridge

    M. J. Bishop & Hugh De Garis

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Bishop, M.J., De Garis, H. A note on population densities of mollusca in the river Great Ouse at Ely, Cambridgeshire. Hydrobiologia 48, 195–197 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028690

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