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Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine whether thetwo cyclopoid copepods. Cyclops vicious and Mesocyclops leuckaru.exploit the same food resources. The food requirements of juvenilesof the two cyclopoid copepods were investigated. Moreover, theimportance of algae for the predaceous adults was studied. Naupliiof both M leuckaru and C.vicinus successfully developed intocopepodites when fed the motile algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.Chlamydomonas sphaeroides and Cryptomonas sp. Threshold foodconcentrations for naupliar development varied between offeredalgae and between the two cyclopoid species. The food thresholdfor successful naupliar development, when reared on C.reinhardui,was lower for M.leuckarti (0.3 mg C 11) than for C.vicinus(0.5 mg C l1) whereas a similar food threshold was foundusing Cryptornonas sp (0.3 mg C 1) and C.sphaeroides(<0.2 mg C 11), Naupliar development time was inverselyrelated to food concentration. Food required for copepoditedevelopment differed for the two cyclopoid species. Cyclopsvicinus was able to develop to the adult stage on a pure dietof any one of the three algal species. whereas M.leuckarti requireda prey supply of the rotifer Brachionus rubens. Food composition.i.e. algal species, algal concentration and rotifer abundance,influenced copepodite survivorship of both cyclopoids and wasalways higher in the presence of B.rubens. Under similar foodconditions, mortality was higher for M.leuckarti than for Cvicinus. Mesocyclops leuckaru females were very dependent onanimal food. The predation rate of M.leuckaru was not lowerin the presence of algae. Egg production of M.leuckarti waslow on a pure algal diet and significantly higher when B rubenswas present. The results were used to discuss the life cyclestrategy and the possibility of exploitative competition ofthe two cyclopoid copepods. 相似文献
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The effect of three different Scenedesmus food concentrations(0.04, 0.2 and 1 mg C l1) on maternal investment wasstudied in two cladoceran species of similar size, Daphnia pulicariaand D.hyalina. It was observed that as food concentration decreased(between 1 and 0.2 mg C l1), there was an increase insize, protein content, lipid content, carbon and mass of theegg, while, at the same time, the clutch size of the femalesbecame smaller. Such an increase in per offspring investmentwas reflected in an increase in body length, body carbon andbody mass of neonates as the food available for females decreased.However, in D.pulicaria this tendency was not maintained downat 0.04 mg C l1 in which there was a decrease of theegg characteristics mentioned above. Although, there are notavailable all the egg and neonate parameters of D.hyalina at0.04 mg C l1, the body length of the neonates was largerthan at 0.2 and 1 mg C l1. These results show that, asfood diminishes, these two cladoceran species are able to respondby decreasing clutch size, but increasing the size of egg, therebyincreasing the probability of neonate survival. This tendencyis probably maintained until the food concentration is too lowand the females have to reduce the energy allocated for reproduction. 相似文献
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Response of ciliates and Cryptomonas to the spring cohort of a cyclopoid copepod in a shallow hypereutrophic lake 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The impact of a cyclopoid copepod population on the protozoacommunity (two ciliate categories and Cryptomonas) was assessedweekly during the spring cohort of Cyclops vicinus (one monthduration) in hypereutrophic Lake Søbygård by insitu gradient experiments with manipulation of ambient zooplanktonabundance. As C.vicinus always made up >92% of the zooplanktonbiomass, the response of protozoa is assumed to be a resultof predation by the copepod. Significant effects of copepodbiomass on protozoa net population growth rates were obtainedin the four experiments. Copepod clearance rates were significantlyhigher on oligotrichs than on prostomatids and Cryptomonas butdeclined for all three protozoa categories during the firstthree weeks of the copepod cohort, probably because of the changein developmental instar composition of the copepod population.Grazing impact on protozoa at ambient copepod abundance wasconsiderable (range, 0.050.87 day1) and could,together with the estimated reproductive potential of protozoans(range, 0.200.87 day1), account for thedecline in abundance and biomass of protozoa during the cohortdevelopment. Carbon flow from the protozoa to C.vicinus (range,2.823.5 µg C l1 day1) documents thepresence of a trophic link between protozoa and the spring cohortof C.vicinus in Lake Søbygård. 相似文献
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The nutritional value of different sized fractions of naturalplankton was investigated for the growth of Eodiaptomus japonicusBurckhardt by comparing the development of its naupliar andcopepodid stages fed on differentially fractionated planktonicassemblages of a eutrophic pond, at 20°C. Water filteredthrough a 0.8 µm Nuclepore filter, containing mainly smallcoccoid bacteria (0.450.6 µm in cell diameter),at a concentration of 82.7 µg C 11 could not supportthe development of E.japonicus. The 3 µm filtered water,containing bacteria and picoalgae. at a total concentrationof 259 µg C 11, supported development but not eggproduction. The 20 µm filtered water, containing bacteria,picoalgae and large algae, at a total concentration of 2600µg C 11, supported rapid development of the juvenilesand continuous egg production by the adults. The separated 320µm fraction, containing only large algae, could not supportthe development at concentrations of 131 and 196 µg C11. However, the same rapid development of the juvenilesand continuous egg production by adults occurred at all of thetested concentrations between 261 and 3920 µg C11of the large algae. The results suggest that E.japonicus favoursalgae larger than 3 µm during its complete lifespan, andthat the threshold food concentration for its development variesbetween 200 and 250 µg C 11. 相似文献
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Ingestion and clearance rates, feeding behaviors and life historyvariables of the marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris were evaluatedover a range of food concentrations encountered in nature (0.013.0mm3 11 of Isochrysis galbana). Ingestion rates increasedand clearance rates decreased with increasing food concentration.No maximum feeding thresholds were observed over the range ofalgal concentrations offered. Weight-specific ingestion ratesdecreased with increasing body weight. Feeding behaviors suchas mandibular activity, abdominal claw rejections of cloggedfeeding structures and feeding appendage activity decreasedat a food level of 0.3 mm3 l1 of l. galbana. Peniliaavirostris had very poor survivorship at extremely low (0.01mm3 l1 and high (3.00 mm3 l1) food levels. Mortalitywas hardly affected at food levels of 0.031.0 mm3 l1Reproduction did not occur at food levels of 相似文献
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Predation impact of Cyclops vicinus on the rotifer community in Lake Constance in spring 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The predation impact of Cyclops vicinus on rotifers was studiedunder near-natural conditions in small enclosures to evaluatewhether copepod predation is responsible for the decline ofrotifers in Lake Constance in spring. Cyclops vicinus fed selectivelyon Synchaeta spp.; Keratella and Polyarthra spp. were not selectedfor. Predation rates increased with prey density up to a maximumof 37 Synchueta day1 at a density of 1.6 x 106 Synchaetam2, i.e. at -1200 Synchaeta l1. Calculation ofcropping rates suggests that Cyclops alone can control the abundanceof Synchaeta in spring, i.e. that mainly Cyclops is responsiblefor the decline of Synchaeta species in Lake Constance in May. 相似文献
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The addition of Braun and Wood's inorganic supplements (845mg l1 KCl, 1800 mgl1 NaNO3, 300 mg l1 NaH2PO4.2H2O,790 mg l1 (NH4)2SO4) to White's medium caused markedincreases in the growth of normal tissues of Helianthus annuus,Nicotiana rustica, Daucus carota, and Vinca rosea and crown-galltumour tissues of H. annuus. However, no evidence was obtainedwhich suggested that the presence of these extra salts markedlyinfluenced the essential requirements of normal callus for auxinsand kinetin. In contrast their presence significantly influencedthe hormonal requirements of certain habituated cultures ofH. annuus and V. rosea. These habituated cultures had specificauxin requirements on White's medium while either an auxin orkinetin was sufficient on high-salts medium. These results arediscussed in relation to previous reports which suggested thatthe biosyntheses of auxins and other growth factors in normaland crown-gall cultures are specifically activated by certaininorganic ions. 相似文献
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Post-embryonic development time, egg production rate and adultbody size of calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis from Lake Ohnuma,Japan, were determined under six temperature-food conditions(103,5 x 103, 104 and 5 x 104 cells ml1 at 15°C,5 x 104 cells ml1 at 10and20°C) in the laboratory.The measured parameters varied with both temperature and foodconcentration. Development time from hatching to adult femalewas 9.2, 11.4 and 22.8 days at 20, 15 and 10°C respectively,at the highest food concentration. The males developed to adultat one to two days earlier than the females. An effect of foodshortage on development time occurred at the lowest food concentration.This development time was 24.8 days even at 15°C, beingtwice as long as that at the highest food concentration. Prosomelength of these food-limited females was approximately 75% ofwell-fed ones, which reduced by only 10% with increasing temperaturefrom 10 to 20°C. Clutch size (C, eggs clutch1) ofwell-fed individuals depended on prosome length of the adultfemale (L, mm), and was expressed as an equation: C = 65.2 L383. Clutch size of individuals reared at less than 104 cellsml1, however, mostly laid below the estimated curve,especially at the lowest food concentration being only 10% ofthat at the highest food concentration. These results suggestthat food availability is a more important factor affectingpopulation growth of E.affinis in Lake Ohnuma than variationof temperature. 相似文献
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Primary and bacterial production compared to growth and food requirements of Daphnia longispina in Lake Kvernavatnet, west Norway 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
B{phi}rsheim Knut YUngve; Andersen Sissel; Hele Johnsen Geir; Eva {phi} Kambestad; Norland Svein 《Journal of plankton research》1988,10(5):921-939
Primary production, and bacterial production as measured byincorporation of [3H-methyl]thymidineinto ice cold TCA insolublematerial were investigated during 1984 in Lake Kvernavatnet,west Norway. Primary production averaged 222 mg C m2day1 and bacterial production averaged 163 mg C m2day1. The bacterial production in the euphotic pelagiczonecontributed -60% of the total pelagic bacterial production.The zooplankton was dominated byDaphnia longispina. From growthexperiments with animals fed only natural food in coarse filteredlake water, the population daily growth increments were calculated.The average production of D.longispina was 151 mg C m2day1 during the period investigated. The estimated primaryproduction was too low to sustain both the bacterial productionand the zooplankton food requirements. These results imply thatthe carbon cycle of the lake is dependent on the supply of allochtonousmaterial, or that the current methods for measuring productionrates in aquatic environments are systematical erratic. 相似文献
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The seasonal cycle of Cyclops vicinus was studied during a 5year period in the shallow and hypertrophic Lake Søbygård.The annual number of generations varied between three and sixand sometimes included midsummer generations. Naupliar and copepoditedensity was extremely high, the maximum recorded being 1313and 745 11 respectively. The seasonal fluctuation inthe abundance of C.vicinus was related to the concentrationof edible phytoplankton (EDP): when diatoms and cryptomonadswere abundant, nauplii and copepodites were also abundant, whereaswhen greens such as Scenedesmus spp. were dominant, no cohortswere observed. The maximum density of copepodites in the separatecohorts and the amount of EDP, expressed as carbon content,were found to be significantly correlated. The development ofthe second cohort also seemed to depend on the occurrence ofa peak in rotifer density. High number of eggs per female generallycoincided with high biovolume of EDP, suggesting that algaeconstituted a major part of the diet of adult C. vicinus. Theduration of the naupliar stage was inversely related to temperatureand is one of the shortest times that have been recorded inthe literature. The short duration is probably attributableto the abundance of food. Fish composition and the calculatedsex ratio of C.vicinus indicate low predation pressure fromplanktivorous fish. The high density of C.vicinus during thesummer, when the whole population would be expected to haveentered diapause, is probably attributable to the concurrenceof low predation and the abundance of food. 相似文献
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Egg production, growth and development rates of Oithona similiswere measured in the laboratory as a function of food concentrationand composition. On an optimum diet, development is isochronaland growth is near exponential. The maximum juvenile growthrate at 15C (0.2 day1) is similar to juvenile growthin calanoid copepods. The maximum weight-specific egg productionrate (0.1 day1), on the other hand, is substantiallyless than in free-spawning calanoids, but similar to that inegg-carrying calanoids. In the Kattegat, Oithona spp. egg productionis strongly limited by food during summer and controlled bytemperature during winter. The seasonal signal in fecundityand population biomass is much weaker than in the co-occurringfree-spawning calanoid genera, where fecundity and populationbiomass undergo dramatic seasonal viaration.
1Present address: Instituto Nacional de Investigacin y DesarrolloPesquero, INIDEP, CC 175, Playa Grande, Mar del Plata, Argentina 相似文献
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Calcium limitation in Daphnia magna 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The role of ambient calcium concentrations on survival, moulting,growth and egg production was assessed in the cladoceran Daphniamagna. A threshold for survival was found in the range 0.10.5mg Ca l1, even when ionic strength of the medium waskept constant. Accumulated length and length specific dry weightwas retarded at low Ca (0.51.0 mg Ca l1) at foodconcentrations above incipient limiting level. For lower foodlevels, the effect of Ca on growth was less clear. The effectof low Ca on growth rate was most manifest during the firstdays after hatching, reflecting the higher Ca demands of theearly juveniles. Age-specific egg production was strongly reducedat Ca concentrations <10 mg Ca l1. This was partlyan indirect effect of reduced growth rates, but could also bean effect of higher energetic costs associated with Ca uptakein a Ca-poor medium. The high Ca demands in D.magna may notbe representative of other Daphnia species. Nevertheless, highspecific Ca content seems to be a common property of Daphniaspp. and Ca deficiency could be a major determinant of speciessuccess and community structure among crustacean zooplankton;it also puts constraints on carbon sequestration in the pelagicfood web of softwater lakes. 相似文献
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The calabrese cultivar Brassica oleracea var. italica cv. GreenComet was used in a study of the effects of exogenous hormoneson the growth and differentiation of seedling organs in vitro.Four types of explants were tested: hypocotyl segments, rootsegments, primary leaf discs and cotyledon discs. These explantswere incubated on media containing factorial combinations ofBAP x IBA, BAP x NAA, KN x IBA and KN x NAA (all at 0, 0.1,10 and 10.0mg l1). Hypocotyls were the most regenerativeexplants; shoot production was favoured by cytokinin: auxinratios greater than one and was decreased by IBA at 10 mg l1when callus was produced. Shoot formation from root explantsoccurred either in the absence of hormones or with low concentrations;no shoot was produced when any hormone was present at 10 mgl1. In contrast, shoot production from primary leaf diseswas favoured by high concentrations of both auxin and cytokininwith the combination of BAP and IBA the most effective. Shootproduction from cotyledon discs was sporadic with no consistentresponse on any auxin/cytokinin combination. After further experimentson the optimization of hormone concentration, the followingcombinations were chosen as allowing reliable regeneration:0.1 mg l1 BAP+0.1mg l1 IBA for hypocotyl segments,0.075 mg l1 KN +0.025 mg l1 IBA for root segments,and 5.0 mg l1 BAP+5.0 mg l1 IBA for leaf discs. Brassica oleracea var. italica, calabrese, tissue culture, seedling, auxin, cytokinin 相似文献
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Life-long somatic growth and egg production responses of Daphniabarbata, Daphnia gibba, Daphnia laevis, Daphnia pulex, Moinamicrura and Diaphanosoma excisum were examined in relation todifferent food and suspended sediment levels, in factorial experimentsat 20°C. Food treatments involved additions of 0, 100, 500and 2500 µg C l1 of Selenastrum to 20 µmfiltered water, generally from source lakes. These food levelswere tested at two suspended sediment levels in all species,viz. (i) natural source-lake nephelometric turbidities of 765nephelometric turbidity units (NTU) ({small tilde}1070mg l1 TSS) and (ii) {small tilde}3- to 4-fold enrichmentof natural levels (8-fold in D.excisum). A third sediment-freetreatment was tested in all species of Daphnia other than D.gibba.Growth in body length and reproductive output were assesseddaily for individual animals. Main and interactive effects offood and sediment on growth were assessed at selected ages fromday 3 through subsequent life using analysis of variance (ANOVA).Strong and highly significant positive food effects were apparentat all ages in all species examined, with the curious exceptionof D.excisum. The onset of maturity and fecundity were alsopositively related to food level. Sediment effects on growth,age of maturity and fecundity were variable, but tended to bemuch weaker than food effects. Both stimulatory (positive, especiallyat low food levels) and inhibitory (negative) effects of sedimenton growth were apparent, both between and within species. Performancein sediment-free water was very poor, except in D.pulex. Food-sedimentinteraction effects were variable. Generally, turbidwater specieswere influenced less adversely by sediment than clear-waterspecies, indicating the existence of environmentally appropriateadaptive responses. Overall, the findings indicate that lightlimitation of algal resources by suspended sediments, ratherthan the condition of high turbidity per se, is responsiblefor the apparently negative impact of suspended sediments frequentlyobserved on natural populations of cladoceran zooplankters. 相似文献
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Feeding and growth rates of the doliolid, Dolioletta gegenbauri Uljanin (Tunicata, Thaliacea) 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The goal of this research is to enhance our knowledge of thecontributions of doliolids to the planktonic community as consumersand secondary producers. The objectives are to quantify feedingand growth rates of Dolioletta gegenbauri gonozooids at fourfood concentrations and four temperatures in order to determinetheir impact as grazers throughout the water column. Althoughdoliolids are abundant in numerous regions of the coastal ocean,and are considered to be major planktonic grazers, data on ratesof feeding and growth are scarce. Laboratory experiments wereconducted at 16.5, 20, 23.5 and 26.5°C to quantify removalof a 50:50 volumetric concentration of Thalassiosira weissflogiiand Rhodomonas sp. at four different food concentrations of20, 60, 160 and 390 µg C l1. Results from theseexperiments suggest that clearance rates are similar at concentrationsfrom 20 to 60 µg C l 1, and decrease as the foodconcentrations increase to 160 and 390 µg C l 1.The ingestion rates increase over a range of phytoplankton concentrationsfrom 20 to 160 µg C l 1, then decrease when abnormallyhigh concentrations of 390 µg C l 1 are offered.Clearance and ingestion rates increase as temperature increasesfrom 16.5 to 26.5°C. The exponential growth rates rangefrom k = 0.20.7, with the lowest rates occurring at thehighest food concentration. Growth rates increase with increasingtemperature from K = 0.10.3 at 16.5°C to 0.450.7at 26.5°C. In each case, the small- and medium-sized zooidshad higher growth rates than the larger gonozooids. These resultssuggest that doliolid feeding and growth rates are a functionof environmental food concentrations and temperatures, and implythat they can be important consumers in a changing neritic environment. 相似文献
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Bulbil development in cultured nodes of D. bulbifera proceededin the absence of growth substances from the medium. When IAAwas incorporated into the medium at the concentrations of 5mg l1 and 10 mg l1 the cultured nodes producedlarger bulbils than in its absences. When the concentrationof IAA was increased to 15 mg l1, however, the culturednodes produced a callus instead of a properly organized bulbil.The dry weight of bulbils increased when kinetin was added tothe medium at the concentrations of 0.05, 0.5, and 2.5 mg l1.The greatest increase was with 0.5 mg l1 kinetin. Onincreasing the concentration of kinetin in the medium to 5.0mg l1 the tissue produced had smaller dry weight thanthose produced in the absence of growth substances. Additionof different combinations of IAA and kinetin to the basal mediumresulted in the production of normal bulbils, roots, and shootsin some instances (suitable combinations) and in the productionof callus and abnormal shoots in others (non suitable combinations). 相似文献
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Biomass, feeding and production of Noctiluca scintillans in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The abundance and biomass of the large heterotrophic dinoflagellateNoctiluca scintillans, together with the changes in its potentialprey items, were monitored in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan, duringsummer 1997 (17 July-11 August). Growth and grazing rates ofNscintillans fed natural plankton populations were also measuredeight and seven times, respectively, during the survey period.The abundance and biomass of N scintillans averaged over thewater column (19 m) were in the range 1345 cells 11(temporalaverage = 93 cell11) and 0.149.6 µg C l1(temporalaverage = 13.8 µg C l1; three times higher thanthat of calanoid copepods during the same period). Noctilucascintillans populations followed the changes in phytoplankton:N.scintillans biomass was increasing during the period of diatomblooms and was at a plateau or decreasing during periods oflow chlorophyll a. The growth rates of N.scintillans (µ)were also consistent with the wax and wane of the N.scintillanspopulation: N.scintillans showed highest growth rates duringdiatom blooms. A simple relationship between µ and chlorophylla concentration was established, and the production of N.scintillanswas estimated using this relationship and the measured biomass.The estimated production averaged over the water column wasin the range >0.15.2 µg C l1 day1(temporalaverage = 1.4 µg C l1 day1; 64% of the productionof calanoid copepods during the same period). Diatom clearancerates by N.scintillans were in the range 0.100.35 mlcell1 day1, and the phytoplankton population clearanceby N.scintillans was >12% day1. Thus, although thefeeding pressure of N.scintillans on phytoplankton standingstock was low, N.scintillans was an important member of themesozooplank-ton in terms of biomass and production in the SetoInland Sea during summer. 相似文献
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Somatic embryogenesis can be induced in tissue cultures of Freesiarefracta either directly from the epidermal cells of explants,or indirectly via intervening callus. These two pathways ofsomatic embryogenesis can be controlled and regulated by varyingthe combinations and levels of exogenous hormones. When younginflorescence segments were cultured in vitro on modified N4(MN4) medium supplemented with 2 mg l1 indoleacetic acid(IAA) and 3 mg l1 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), some ofthe epidermal cells began to exhibit the features of embryogeniccells. These cells produced embryoids and developed into newplants through direct somatic embryogenesis. If the same explantswere placed on Murashige and Skoog's (MS) medium containing2 mg l1 IAA, 05 mg l1 BAP and 05 mg l1naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), pale-yellow translucent nodularcalluses appeared on the surface of the explants. When thiskind of callus was transferred to MN6 medium with 2 mg l1IAA and 3 mg l1 BAP, embryoids formed which further developedinto plantlets. The regenerated plants were morphologicallynormal and possessed the normal diploid chromosome number of2n = 22. A similar result has also been obtained with youngleaf explants of this plant. The early segmentations of embryogeniccells and the development of embryoids were studied using histologicaland scanning electron microscopic techniques, and the resultshave been discussed in association with the ontogeny and originof the embryoids. Freesia refracta Klatt, somatic embryogenesis, plant regeneration, exogenous hormones 相似文献
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Copepod egg production, moulting and growth rates, and secondary production, in the Skagerrak in August 1988 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Peterson William T.; Tiselius Peter; Kiorboe Thomas 《Journal of plankton research》1991,13(1):131-154
Measurements of hydrography, chlorophyll, moulting rates ofjuvenile copepods and egg production rates of adult female copepodswere made at eight stations along a transect across the Skagerrak.The goals of the study were to determine (i) if there were correlationsbetween spatial variations in hydrography, phytoplankton andcopepod production rates, (ii) if copepod egg production rateswere correlated with juvenile growth rates, and (iii) if therewas evidence of food-niche separation among co-occumng femalecopepods The 200 km wide Skagerrak had a stratified water columnin the center and a mixed water column along the margins. Suchspatial variations should lead to a dominance of small phytoplanktoncells in the center and large cells along the margins; however,during our study blooms of Gyrodinium aureolum and Ceratium(three species) masked any locally driven differences in cellsize: 50% of chla was >11 µm, 5% in the 1150µm fraction and 45% <50 µm. averaged for allstations. Chlorophyll ranged from 0.2 to 2.5 µg l1at most depths and stations. Specific growth rates of copepodsaveraged 0.10 day1 for adult females and 0.27 day1for juveniles The latter is similar to maximum rates known fromlaboratory studies, thus were probably not food-limited. Eggproduction rates were food-limited with the degree of limitationvarying among species: 75% of maximum for Centropages typicus, 50% for Calanus finmarchicus, 30% for Paracalanus parvus and 15% for Acartia longiremis and Temora longicornis. Thedegree of limitation was unrelated to female body size suggestingfood-niche separation among adults. Copepod production, summedover all species, ranged from 3 to 8 mg carbon m3day1and averaged 4.6 mg carbon m1 day1. Egg productionaccounted for 25% of the total. 相似文献
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Centropages abdominalis is a neritic, omnivorous, temporallyabundant copepod present throughout the subarctic Pacific andits marginal seas. The two main objectives of this study wereto determine how temperature influences the development of C.abdominalis and whether growth rates of in situ populationsmay be limited by available food. At 6.9°C, median developmenttime from eggs laid to 50% adults was 42 days and the averageweight-specific somatic growth rate was 0.17 day1. At4.6°C, median development time to adult was 59 days (projected)and growth rate averaged 0.08 day1, suggesting that 4.6°Cmay be approaching the lower temperature for development andgrowth in this species. The functional relationship betweendevelopment time and temperature was established over the temperaturerange in which this species occurs. The in situ adult growthrates between 10 and 13°C averaged 0.14 day1 andwere generally lower than the laboratory-reared juvenile growthrates, which may indicate that adult C. abdominalis are foodlimited in the field during summer and autumn. 相似文献