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William W. Murdoch, Mary Ann Scott, Peter Ebsworth, Effects of the General Predator, Notonecta (Hemiptera) Upon a Freshwater Community, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Oct., 1984), pp. 791-808
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