The estimation of individual dry weight and standing crop of harpacticoid copepods |
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Authors: | Keith S Goodman |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland |
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Abstract: | Individual dry weights have been calculated for ten species of harpacticoid copepods including epibenthic and interstitial forms. The data have been used to calculate a linear relationship between body length and weight enabling the individual dry weight of any harpacticoid of known body length to be estimated. The length-weight relationship has been used to estimate the standing crop of harpacticoids from three different sediment types. In all cases the estimated values were within 20% of the actual standing crop as determined directly by weighing. |
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Keywords: | Dry weight harpacticoid copepods |
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