Growth and development of Pseudocalanus spp. in the northern Gulf of Alaska
Pseudocalanus are the numerically dominant calanoid species in coastal subarctic Pacific waters. We examined their juvenile growth rates, and explored their relationships to temperature, chlorophyll a and body size for Pseudocalanus spp. from 2002-2004 in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Generally, the...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:plankt:fbn046v1 2023-05-15T18:28:31+02:00 Growth and development of Pseudocalanus spp. in the northern Gulf of Alaska Liu, Hui Hopcroft, Russell R. 2008-04-25 05:41:13.0 text/html http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fbn046v1 https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbn046 en eng Oxford University Press http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fbn046v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbn046 Copyright (C) 2008, Oxford University Press Article TEXT 2008 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbn046 2016-11-16T18:35:39Z Pseudocalanus are the numerically dominant calanoid species in coastal subarctic Pacific waters. We examined their juvenile growth rates, and explored their relationships to temperature, chlorophyll a and body size for Pseudocalanus spp. from 2002-2004 in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Generally, the monthly mean growth rates increased from 0.049±0.007(SE) day−1 in March to 0.095±0.016 day−1 in August, declining slightly to 0.074± 0.009 day−1 in October. Typically, growth rates at most stations were around 0.05 day−1, with no consist or significant pattern between stations. After standardization to 5 °C and 10 °C, the mean growth rates were 0.045±0.002 day−1 and 0.075±0.004 day−1 respectively, with growth rate decreasing with increasing development stage. Unlike other local calanoid copepod species, Pseudocalanus species tend to be more temperature-dependent than food-dependent, with composite statistical models describing at most 30% of the observed variability in growth rate. Interestingly, development time was comparable to other co-occurring calanoid copepods, however, growth rates of Pseudocalanus spp. were considerably lower. We demonstrate this with a new multi-species model that describes the growth rates of other egg-scattering copepods in this ecosystem, but to which Pseudocalanus does not fit. Thus, the egg-carrying Pseudocalanus species appear to employ a life history strategy optimized for slow growth at low chlorophyll, that keeps individuals relatively small, and may therefore reduce visual predation upon them. Text Subarctic Alaska Copepods HighWire Press (Stanford University) Gulf of Alaska Pacific Journal of Plankton Research 30 8 923 935 |
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Pseudocalanus are the numerically dominant calanoid species in coastal subarctic Pacific waters. We examined their juvenile growth rates, and explored their relationships to temperature, chlorophyll a and body size for Pseudocalanus spp. from 2002-2004 in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Generally, the monthly mean growth rates increased from 0.049±0.007(SE) day−1 in March to 0.095±0.016 day−1 in August, declining slightly to 0.074± 0.009 day−1 in October. Typically, growth rates at most stations were around 0.05 day−1, with no consist or significant pattern between stations. After standardization to 5 °C and 10 °C, the mean growth rates were 0.045±0.002 day−1 and 0.075±0.004 day−1 respectively, with growth rate decreasing with increasing development stage. Unlike other local calanoid copepod species, Pseudocalanus species tend to be more temperature-dependent than food-dependent, with composite statistical models describing at most 30% of the observed variability in growth rate. Interestingly, development time was comparable to other co-occurring calanoid copepods, however, growth rates of Pseudocalanus spp. were considerably lower. We demonstrate this with a new multi-species model that describes the growth rates of other egg-scattering copepods in this ecosystem, but to which Pseudocalanus does not fit. Thus, the egg-carrying Pseudocalanus species appear to employ a life history strategy optimized for slow growth at low chlorophyll, that keeps individuals relatively small, and may therefore reduce visual predation upon them. |
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Growth and development of Pseudocalanus spp. in the northern Gulf of Alaska |
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Growth and development of Pseudocalanus spp. in the northern Gulf of Alaska |
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Growth and development of Pseudocalanus spp. in the northern Gulf of Alaska |
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Growth and development of Pseudocalanus spp. in the northern Gulf of Alaska |
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Growth and development of Pseudocalanus spp. in the northern Gulf of Alaska |
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