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The reproductive traits ofJesogammarus suwaensis Morino (1986) were estimated by field survey and rearing experiments. According to the relationship between clutch interval and water temperature, one clutch interval under 15°C corresponded to 212 degree days of the effective cumulative temperature. Thus a female could produce about three clutches during the reproductive period from November to early May in the field. Reproduction was somewhat inhibited at 20°C. The clutch size was positively correlated with female body length, and the regression coefficient was large (4.470 on log-transformed data). Oviposition was somewhat synchronized in the field, and the proportion of paired females increased as their reproductive development approached oviposition. The precopula duration was estimated to be 60–80% of the clutch interval in the field. Positive size-assortative mating was observed in precopula pairs and pairing males were usually larger than single ones.
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Kusano, H. Reproductive ecology of a freshwater amphipod,Jesogammarus suwaensis Morino, inhabiting Lake Suwa in central Japan. Ecol. Res. 7, 133–140 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02348491
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