Larval Development of Pagurus longicarpus Say Reared in the Laboratory. II. Effects of Reduced Salinity on Larval Development

• Main Author: Roberts, Morris H., Jr.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 1971
• Subjects: Biological Sciences Peer-Reviewed Articles; Marine Biology; Kattegat; North Atlantic; Copepods
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/2115; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/3115/viewcontent/1540030.pdf

Temperature and salinity define a set of conditions within which planktonic organisms can survive and develop. Thorson ( 1946) described the restriction of some meroplankters to Kattegat water in the Oresund which was presumed to be based on either a temperature, or a salinity discontinuity or both....