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Linear regression analysis of field data from a coastal area of the Baltic Sea indicated that growth of the zooplanktivorous Mysis mixta was food limited. No statistically significant effects of temperature on growth were detected.
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Hansson, S., Rudstam, L.G. & Johansson, S. Are marine planktonic invertebrates food limited? The case of Mysis mixta (Crustacea, Mysidacea) in the Baltic Sea. Oecologia 84, 430–432 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00329770
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