The Freshwater Copepod Limnocalanus macrurus in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Numbers, Weights, and Respiration Observed from September 1961 – July 1962

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Apollonio, Spencer, Saros, Jasmine E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2013
• Subjects: Limnocalanus macrurus; Arctic lake copepod numbers; weights; respiration; Arctic lake metabolism; nombre de copépodes des lacs de l’Arctique; poids; métabolisme des lacs de l’Arctique; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Cornwallis; Cornwallis Island; Devon Island; Immerk Lake; Resolute Lake; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67311

Numbers, weights, and oxygen consumption of the copepod Limnocalanus macrurus were measured through the winter 1961 – 62 under the ice of Immerk Lake on Devon Island, Arctic Canada. Maximum abundance was 2361 animals per m3 found under ice in mid June, average adult wet weight was 65 μg, and hourly...