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The effect of dissolved oxygen on the burrowing behavior of Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Oligochaeta)

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Contribution No. 101, Center for Great Lakes Studies, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 53201.

Present address: Newfound Harbor Marine Institute, Box 170, Big Pine Key, Florida, USA, 33043.

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Fischer, J.A., Beeton, A.M. The effect of dissolved oxygen on the burrowing behavior of Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Oligochaeta). Hydrobiologia 47, 273–290 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039060

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