Characteristics of egg production of the planktonic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus, on Georges Bank: 1994-1999

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Runge, J. A., Plourde, S., Joly, P., Niehoff, B., Durbin, E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2006
• Subjects: Calanus; Copepod; Egg production; Georges Bank; Reproduction; Zooplankton; Ivlev; Calanus finmarchicus; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/1255; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.08.010

We present here a synthesis of observations of egg production rates (EP) of the planktonic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus, carried out during process cruises of the US GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic/Georges Bank program between January and June 1995, 1997 and 1999. Female C. finmarchicus produced eggs at...