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Factors affecting production of dimorphic males ofEuterpina acutifrons

✍ Scribed by S. M. Haq

Book ID
104737478
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1973
Tongue
English
Weight
364 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0025-3162

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✦ Synopsis

This paper attempts to explain the various factors affecting production of dimorphic males in Euterpina acuti/rons. Experiments conducted by crossing different males with virgin females under laboratory conditions have shown that both environmental and genetical factors contribute to the production of dimorphic males in nature.

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The population dynamics of Euterpina acutifrons (Dana), a pelagic, harpacticoid copepod, are summarized in a life table based on field data. Highest mortality occurred in the last naupliar stage (NVI) and the first copepodite stage (CI). Overall survival in the field was 0.06% from the first nauplia