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Rotifers from the Canadian High Arctic (Devon Island, Northwest Territories)

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Rotifera VII

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 109))

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Samples from eight water bodies in the region of Truelove and Sparbo Hardy Lowland, Devon Island (75 ° 30′ N, 86 ° 00′ W) yielded 70 taxa (4 Bdelloidea, 66 Monogononta) of rotifers, nineteen of which are new records for the Canadian High Arctic.

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De Smet, W.H., Beyens, L. (1995). Rotifers from the Canadian High Arctic (Devon Island, Northwest Territories). In: Ejsmont-Karabin, J., Pontin, R.M. (eds) Rotifera VII. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 109. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1583-1_4

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