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Ultraviolet radiation induced a lower mortality in morphs ofAcanthodiaptomus denticornis, coloured red by carotenoid pigments, than in translucent morphs. Calculations showed that ultraviolet penetration in a lake of low chlorophyll-a content may cause a hazardous dose in the surface layers. Experiments confirmed this.
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Ringelberg, J., Keyser, A.L. & Flik, B.J.G. The mortality effect of ultraviolet radiation in a translucent and in a red morph ofAcanthodiaptomus denticornis (Crustacea, Copepoda) and its possible ecological relevance. Hydrobiologia 112, 217–222 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008087
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