Reply to Horizons Article 'Some ideas about the role of lipids in the life cycle of Calanus finmarchicus' Irigoien (2004): I

The biotic and abiotic factors that modulate the life historyof C. finmarchicus are not well described, and Xabier Irigoien(Irigoien, 2004) suggests some interesting hypotheses aboutwhat role lipids might play. He does, however, make some questionableassumptions about the role of lipids during overwintering. First,he states that ‘lipid storage determines the