Amphipod Life Histories: Community Structure, Impact of Temperature on Decoupled Growth and Maturation Rates, Productivity, and P:B Ratios

• Published in: American Zoologist
• Main Authors: HIGHSMITH, RAYMOND C., COYLE, KENNETH O.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1991
• Subjects: Articles; Bering Sea; Parma
• Online Access: http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/31/6/861; https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/31.6.861

Data are presented on northern Bering Sea benthic amphipod growth rates and age at maturity, indicating that high latitude species grow slowly, require 2 to 4 years to mature, reach a large size, and have long lifespans. Data are also presented demonstrating predation by benthic amphipods on newly m...