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Egg Production and Viability in Centropages Typicus: A Laboratory Study on the Effect of Food Concentration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Francisco Guerrero ,
Suzanne Nival  and
Paul Nival
Francisco Guerrero
Affiliation:
Station Zoologique, BP 28, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.
Suzanne Nival
Affiliation:
Station Zoologique, BP 28, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.
Paul Nival
Affiliation:
Station Zoologique, BP 28, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.
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The effect of food concentration on the reproductive success of the copepod Centropages typicus (Copepoda: Calanoida) was studied in the laboratory. Three different regimes of food were tested: absence of food, natural food conditions and a food media enriched with an algal culture. The results showed significant differences in egg production rate between regimes of food, but no significant differences in egg viability. A rapid response (24 h) in egg production rate to increment in the quantity of food was noted. Hatching success was not affected by food conditions prevailing during the incubations.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , February 1997 , pp. 257 - 260
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1997

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