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Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie: Verhandlungen
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IV. Lakes. 4. Africa

Predatory behaviour of the cyclopoid copepod Mesocyclops aequatorialis aequatorialis in Lake Malawi, a deep tropical lake

Kenneth Irvine
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Revania Waya
Pages 877-881 | Published online: 01 Dec 2017

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