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Breeding of Pseudocalanus elongatusin the laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

S. K. Katona
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, Southampton University
C. F. Moodie
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, Southampton University

Extract

Pseudocalanus elongatus(Boeck) from Plymouth Station Ex was kept in reproducing culture for 6 months and approximately four generations. Cultured adult females were at least as large as wild females of the same species which have matured at a comparable temperature (15 °C) in nature. At 15 °C hatching time was 2—3 days, time to first copepodite was 18—20 days, and the time from egg to development of an egg-carrying female averaged 37 days.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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