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Carbon requirements of a population of the estuarine copepod Eurytemora affinis

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The production of algae in the Patuxent River estuary (Maryland, USA) was much less than the carbon requirements of a population of the calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis. Detrital carbon was present in quantities that suggest turnover times of 8 to 83 days for this pool, assuming that all algal production was consumed by E. affinis. We hypothesize that E. affinis must consume detritus to meet a part of its requirements for energy.

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Contribution No. 627, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, University of Maryland.

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Heinle, D.R., Flemer, D.A. Carbon requirements of a population of the estuarine copepod Eurytemora affinis . Mar. Biol. 31, 235–247 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387152

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