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Definition of Cladocerans
1. cladoceran [n] - See also: cladoceran
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cladocerans
Literary usage of Cladocerans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"The composition of the Zooplankton communities in 1981 consisted largely of the
class Crustacea, and included Arthropods, primarily Copepods and cladocerans ..."
2. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"Bivalves [including cladocerans and ostracods] 3. ... Bivalves [other cladocerans]
Class 13. Crustaces [including amphipods and higher crustaceans] Class 14 ..."
3. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1921)
"Among the cladocerans, which all season through were far more abundant than
copepods, Bosmina was rather common throughout the season, Polyphemus became ..."
4. The Life of Inland Waters: An Elementary Text Book of Freshwater Biology for by James George Needham, John Thomas Lloyd (1915)
"The cladocerans are abundant plancton organisms throughout the summer season.
They forage at a little depth by day, and rise nearer to the surface by night. ..."
5. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"Olga Kuttner and Banta have found that certain lines of cladocerans (Simocephalus)
may produce (parthenogenetically) "intersexual individuals" in the sense ..."