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Groups of Keratella cochlearis f. tecta were collected over a complete diel period from a shallow pool. Observed in the laboratory, the hatchings of the field-produced eggs were not significantly periodic.
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Keen, R., Miller, T. Daily timing of hatching of a rotifer, Keratella cochlearis. Hydrobiologia 56, 127–128 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023350
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023350