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This account represents the results of investigations on the production of some zooplankton populations. For comparing different populations the index “specific production” (the production rate of the unit of the biomass) is used. The correlation between “specific production” and age-structure for some populations is described. On the basis of the growth theory of Von Bertalanffy (1938) a theoretical model which helps to explain the relation between “specific production” and age-structure of the population is proposed.
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Zaika, V.E. Age-structure dependence of the “specific production” in zooplankton populations. Marine Biol. 1, 311–315 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00360782
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