On the biology of the small copepods in Loch Striven
The seven species of small copepod common in Loch Striven have been studied from vertical tow-net hauls taken there throughout the year 1933. These copepods were Pseudocalanus minutus, Paracalanus parvus, Microcalanus pygmaeus, Centropages hamatus, Temora longicornis, Acartia clausi and Oithona simi...
Published in: | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1949
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400055235 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400055235 |
Summary: | The seven species of small copepod common in Loch Striven have been studied from vertical tow-net hauls taken there throughout the year 1933. These copepods were Pseudocalanus minutus, Paracalanus parvus, Microcalanus pygmaeus, Centropages hamatus, Temora longicornis, Acartia clausi and Oithona similis . In general, the copepods began to reproduce about the time of the spring diatom increase in March or April, and produced a succession of broods throughout the summer; apart from the first these broods were not as a rule so clearly marked as in Calanus . Microcalanus begins to breed before the spring increase and has clearly marked broods like Calanus . |
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