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daphnia

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daph·ni·a  (dfn-)
n. pl. daphnia
Any of various water fleas of the genus Daphnia, some species of which are commonly used as food for aquarium fish.

[New Latin Daphnia, genus name, from Greek Daphn, Daphne.]

daphnia [ˈdæfnɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any water flea of the genus Daphnia, having a rounded body enclosed in a transparent shell and bearing branched swimming antennae
[from New Latin, probably from Daphne]
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Noun1.daphnia - minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shelldaphnia - minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan - aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding
genus Daphnia - water fleas


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Daphnia and water fleas are also usually plentiful in a garden pond and good for small Koi fry.
Although plenty of fish have been showing on the surface it seems better to target them around 15 feet down using Bank anglers are also enjoying sport all over the lake with the Cliff and Pines areas producing the better fish to nymphs and to dries in fine conditions, although lures are still working well due to the amount of daphnia mixed in with the excellent buzzer hatches.
Having identified the calcium levels that would damage Daphnia in a laboratory setting, they worked with government scientists to assemble hundreds of "water quality time series" from across the province, explained Biology professor Norman Yan from York University, the Canadian research lead on the threat to aquatic life of calcium decline.
 
 
 
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