News Headline
Scientists identify Japan’s water fleas as alien species
Source
The Japan News
Publication Date
2015-05-12
Daphnia pulex, a species of the common water flea long thought to be native to Japan, has been found to be a foreign invasive species that arrived here as long as 3,000 years ago, according to a report published in a U.S. science journal by a research team from Tohoku University.