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The effects of temperature and food on copepodite development, growth and reproduction in three species of Boeckella (Copepoda; Calanoida)

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Three species of Boeckella (B. triarticulata, B. dilatata and B. hamata) were reared from copepodite I to adult at three naturally fluctuating food levels and three temperatures in a 3 × 3 × 3 factorial design. Development times, lengths, times to produce the first clutch, clutch sizes, egg voumes, interclutch times, infertile clutches, total egg production, total reproductive time and mortality were measured. Development times for the three species were surprisingly similar but mortality differed among the treatments. The three species differed in their reproductive strategies. B. triarticulata, the largest species, produced a few large clutches. B. dilatata, the smallest species, produced many small clutches and invested the most energy per egg. B. hamata produced larger clutches than B. dilatata but not as many. B. hamata was the most tolerant of low, food levels and exhibited the most plasticity across the treatments. Thus, greater plasticity in life history characters is associated with survival in a wider-range of conditions.

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Jamieson, C., Burns, C. The effects of temperature and food on copepodite development, growth and reproduction in three species of Boeckella (Copepoda; Calanoida). Hydrobiologia 164, 235–257 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005943

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