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Information on the distribution of 56 micro-crustaceans from different types of waters in south and central Sweden was analyzed to reveal their relationships to temperature and oxygen content. A very wide tolerance range concerning these factors was found for most species.
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Bertilsson, J., Bērzinš, B. & Pejler, B. Occurrence of limnic micro-crustaceans in relation to temperature and oxygen. Hydrobiologia 299, 163–167 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017567
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