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Effects Of Temperature On Reproduction And Survival Of The Calanoid Copepod Pseudodiaptomus Pelagicus, Andrew L. Rhyne, Cortney L. Ohs, Erik Stenn
Effects Of Temperature On Reproduction And Survival Of The Calanoid Copepod Pseudodiaptomus Pelagicus, Andrew L. Rhyne, Cortney L. Ohs, Erik Stenn
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Four experiments were conducted on the calanoid copepod, Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus, to determine the effects of temperature (24, 26, 28, 30, 32, and 34 °C) on survival, development time, reproductive output, and population growth in order to define the optimal temperature for culture. The first experiment stocked early stage nauplii into 1 L beakers and cultured them using standard procedures until five days after the first mature adults were observed; from this survival, sex ratio, time to maturation, and fecundity were measured. The second and third experiments evaluated the effects of temperature on nauplii production by stocking individual pairs and …