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Salinity tolerance, and the effects of temperature upon it, of the Australian ostracod Mytilocypris henricae (Chapman) was determined in direct transfer experiments using adults. Animals were subjected to a combination of 11 salinities (ranging between 0.0 g · 1−1 and 45.0 g · 1−1) and 4 temperatures (10, 15, 20 and 25 °C). Survival was analysed using two statistical techniques: the logit linear model and the proportional hazards model. Results show that both salinity and temperature have a significant effect on survival, but there is no significant interaction between temperature and salinity.
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Martens, K. Salinity tolerance of Mytilocypris henricae (Chapman) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Hydrobiologia 124, 81–83 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011401
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