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- noun Plural form of
cladoceran .
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In general, the abundance and diversity of phytoplankton and invertebrates such as rotifers, copepods, and cladocerans increase with lake trophic status [59], which is often a function of latitudinal constraints on resources for productivity.
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Many cladocerans show dramatic changes in their body shape over the year, so individuals in midsummer look very different from those of the same species in winter.
Crustacea 2008
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The majority of zooplankton in freshwater is composed of cladocerans and copepods, and in the oceans copepods, who are the major consumers of phytoplankton.
Crustacea 2008
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Most cladocerans reproduce both parthenogenetically and sexually, employing a breeding system termed cyclic parthenogenesis.
Crustacea 2008
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Rooted aquatic plants actually have a repellent effect on cladocerans.
Crustacea 2008
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The rostrum of cladocerans is the beak-like termination of the head.
Crustacea 2008
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Most cladocerans are filter feeders which consume algae, protozoans, bacteria and organic detritus.
Crustacea 2008
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The majority of plankton in freshwater is composed of cladocerans and copepods, who are the major consumers of phytoplankton.
Arthropoda 2007
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Most aquatic species either leave their eggs in their shed cuticle or glue the eggs to a submerged object, but others will carry the eggs around for a time, or deposit the eggs in the empty exoskeletons of cladocerans, ostracods, or insects.
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The open-water areas of the lakes are dominated by other genera such as aquatic plants actually have a repellent effect on cladocerans.
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