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The authors analyse water temperatures in seven streams and two watercress beds in southern England, and examine some of the biological implications.
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Crisp, D.T., Matthews, A.M., Westlake, D.F. et al. The temperatures of nine flowing waters in southern England. Hydrobiologia 89, 193–204 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005705
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