Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Experimental Plankton Communities
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ADV # 20 AN 05 E CES IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH VOL. 37 0065-250 lsevier Ltd. All rights reserved DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2504( 4/0 04) II. I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 III. P redator and Prey in the Chemostat—A Simple Story? . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 IV. T esting Hypotheses of Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 V. R apid Evolution: A Clonal Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 VI. R apidly Evolving Rotifers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 VII. C onclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Ackn ow ledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Refer en ces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
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