Egg production of the marine,planktonic copepod,Calanus pacificus Brodsky: Laboratory observations |
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Authors: | Jeffrey A Runge |
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Institution: | School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | When acclimated to a continuous, superabundant food supply and constant temperature, Calanus pacificus Brodsky females produce eggs at a weight-specific rate ranging from 0.13 · day?1 at 8°C to 0.21 · day?1 at 15°C. Maximum weight-specific egg production rates do not change with seasonal changes in female body size. The relationship between egg production rate and food concentration is hyperbolic, with threshold and critical concentrations that are high relative to other species for which data are available. Food concentration and temperature influence spawning frequency (i.e., the time required for oocytes to mature) much more than the number of eggs in a single spawning event (i.e., clutch size). Clutch size is significantly related to female body size. |
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Keywords: | Ostracoda Amphipoda sand ripples spatial partitioning niche overlap burrowing rates |
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