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Effect of Stress on the Life Table-Demography of Moina Macrocopa

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Effect of Stress on the Life Table-Demography of Moina Macrocopa . Hydrobiologia 526, 245–254 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HYDR.0000041597.96720.ff

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