The large n e m a t o d e Oncho!aimus oxyuris Ditlevsen, 1911 is a d o m i n a n t p r e d a t o r in a shallow p o l y h a l i n e b r a c k i s h -w a t e r pond in Belgium. The r e p r o d u c t i v e p o t e n t i a l of this species was c a l c u l a t e d as the intrinsic rate of natural incre
Influence of temperature on the reproductive potential of two brackish-water harpacticoids (Crustacea: Copepoda)
β Scribed by C. Heip; N. Smol
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 680 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0025-3162
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β¦ Synopsis
The reproductive potential of two harpacticoid copepods, Tachidius dis~pes and Paronychocamptus nanus,
as measured by the intrinsic rate of natural increase, r m, has been studied. The influence of temperature on all factors used in the calculation of r m has been taken into account. Generation time, which has also been determined in a third species, Nitocra typica, is the single factor which is most affected by temperature and which has the most pronounced effect on r m. Values of the reproductive potential differ considerably according to temperature, and thus to the time of the year; during the spring bloom more than half the reproductive potential is realized.
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