Population structure, egg production and gut content pigment of large grazing copepods during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Oyashio region

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Yamaguchi, Atsushi, Onishi, Yuka, Omata, Aya, Kawai, Momoka, Kaneda, Mariko, Ikeda, Tsutomu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Copepods; Egg production; Gut pigment; Life cycle; OECOS; 452; Bering Sea; Oyashio
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/43806; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.03.012

As a basis for analyzing development of six large grazing copepods (Eucalanus bungii, Metridia pacifica, M. okhotensis, Neocalanus cristatus, N. flemingeri and N. plumchrus) in the Oyashio region, quasi-daily twin-NORPAC net (0.33 and 0.10 mm mesh) hauls were taken through the upper 150 m and 500 m...