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To attempt a complete review of turbellarian ecology in the time and space available would result in superficiality. Therefore, I have restricted this account to the four basic ecological processes which have and continue to determine flatworm distribution and abundance. These are: (1) historical or zoogeographical events which permit or prevent a species from reaching a habitat; (2) physiological limitations of the species vis à vis the habitat; (3) access to suitable energy sources and (4) the effects of competition, predation and parasitism, referred to collectively as bionomic processes.
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Reynoldson, T.B. (1981). The ecology of the Turbellaria with special reference to the freshwater triclads. In: Schockaert, E.R., Ball, I.R. (eds) The Biology of the Turbellaria. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8668-8_12
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