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Seasonal variation in the populations of moina Macrocopa strauss and Moina micrura kurz (crustacea : cladocera) in zoafaraniyah pools

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A comparison between the two cladoceran species Moina macrocopa Strauss and Moina micrura Kurz in respect of their seasonal population changes in Zoafaraniyah pools was made. Seasonal fluctuations of some physicochemical factors were also recorded over a period of one year.

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  1. Biological Research Centre, Adhamiyah, Baghdad, Iraq

    A. N. Khalaf

  2. Department of Biology, College of Science, Basrah University, Basrah, Iraq

    A. F. Shihab

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Khalaf, A.N., Shihab, A.F. Seasonal variation in the populations of moina Macrocopa strauss and Moina micrura kurz (crustacea : cladocera) in zoafaraniyah pools. Hydrobiologia 62, 75–77 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00012566

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