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Respiration rates of the resting eggs of Leptodora kindti and Bythotrephes longimanus were measured in the laboratory at temperatures between 2.4 and 6.2° C. Results are used to explore the relationships between the duration of dormancy and egg size in the natural habitat.
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Andrew, T.E., Herzig, A. The respiration rate of the resting eggs of Leptodora kindti (Focke 1844) and Bythotrephes longimanus Leydig 1860 (Crustacea, Cladocera) at environmentally encountered temperatures. Oecologia 64, 241–244 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00376877
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