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The summer macroinvertebrate fauna was studied in six central Florida monomictic lakes during July, 1973. No direct relationships were found between physiochemical conditions and species diversity. Of the 22 species of benthic organisms recorded, only four species were found in all the lakes. Mean species diversity (d) values for the lakes ranged from 0.735 to 1.731.
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Osborne, J.A., Wanielista, M.P. & Yousef, Y.A. Benthic fauna species diversity in six central Florida lakes in summer. Hydrobiologia 48, 125–129 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040164
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