Variable life history of a cyclopoid copepod: the role of food availability |
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Authors: | Anne-Mette Hansen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Freshwater Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark;(2) Present address: Institute of Biology, Odense University, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark |
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Abstract: | Populations of the copepod Cyclops vicinus in two Danish lakes differed in their life cycles. In Lake Væng C. vicinus was absent during summer, whereas in Lake Søbygård it continued producing distinct cohorts throughout summer. A comparison between the lakes showed that in the lake where C. vicinus was absent during summer, food limitation generally existed. In contrast, abundance of C. vicinus during summer in Lake Søbygård always coincided with available resources sufficient for the whole life cycle. Thus, summer diapause of C. vicinus is suggested to be a strategy to avoid food limitation. Avoidance of fish predation does not seem substantially to influence life cycles. |
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Keywords: | cyclopoid copepods life cycles food availability diapause lakes Cyclops vicinus |
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