Daphnia are the canaries in the coal mind

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Open-access Daphnia atlas provides detailed view of sentinel species for environmental research

A unique web-based resource of Daphnia, a sentinel species for environmental pollution, commonly used to help us detect and understand the potential toxic effects of chemicals in the environment, has just been established by Penn State researchers.

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An interesting article . The daphnia cultures that aquarists keep crash if fed incorrectly . This must be why .