Influence of temperature on the reproductive potential of two brackish-water harpacticoids (Crustacea: Copepoda)
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1432-1793
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Biology
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Abstract The reproductive potential of two harpacticoid copepods, Tachidius discipes and Paronychocamptus nanus, as measured by the intrinsic rate of natural increase, r m, has been studied. The influence of temperature on all factors used in the calculation of r mhas been taken into account. Generation time, which has also been determined in a third species, Nitocra typica, is the single factor which is most affected by temperature and which has the most pronounced effect on r m. Values of the reproductive potential differ considerably according to temperature, and thus to the time of the year; during the spring bloom more than half the reproductive potential is realized.
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Electronic Resource
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