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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
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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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