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Clonal variation in growth plasticity within a Bosmina longirostris population: the potential for resistance to toxic cyanobacteria.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Jiang Xiaodong, Li Qingmei, Liang Huishuang, Zhao Shiye, Zhang Lihua, Zhao Yunlong, Chen Liqiao, Yang Wei, Xiang Xingyu
Abstract excerpt
Many aquatic organisms respond phenotypically, through morphological, behavioral, and physiological plasticity, to environmental changes. The small-size cladoceran Bosminalongirostris, a dominant zooplankter in eutrophic waters, displayed reduced growth rates in response to the presence of a toxi...
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