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Daphnia are tiny crustaceans, and zebrafish are a small freshwater species that go from a cell to a swimming fish in about five days.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2024
The Daphnia is also eaten by Kokanee salmon, and if the Daphnia population remains high, the salmon could increase greatly in size, scientists wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2022
The water flea Daphnia magna—a freshwater crustacean up to a few millimeters in size—is one species busy evolving in cities in response to heat, pollution and even local predators.
From Scientific American • Mar. 25, 2022
For the estuary ecosystem, the scientists studied Inland Silverside and mysid shrimp, while in the freshwater ecosystem the scientists studied embryonic zebrafish and the crustacean Daphnia magna.
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2022
If they win, the Daphnia recovers; if they lose, it dies.
From Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement by Clodd, Edward
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