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Distribution and mortality of diapause eggs from calanoid copepods in relation to sedimentation regimes

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Distribution, abundance and age of diapause eggs from three species of calanoid copepods (in particular from Acartia spp. most likely Acartia tonsa, and Centropages hamatus and less numerous from Temora longicornis) were recorded in sediment profiles by enumerating hatched nauplii from incubated sediment samples. Phytoplankton pigments and 210Pb and 137Cs analyses indicated that the sedimentation regimes were different between two southern and two northern stations of the island Funen, Denmark. Significant variations in vertical distribution, abundance and mortality of diapause eggs were found between the stations. Dating of the sediment cores suggested a ~70-year maximum age of viable eggs on the northernmost stations, and ~28 year at the southernmost stations. The eggs exhibited a significantly higher mortality rate at the southernmost stations compared with the northernmost, 0.35–0.53 year−1 vs. 0.07–0.08 year−1 with no systematic pattern among species. The differences in abundance, mortality and age of the diapause eggs are suggested to be due to the sediment characteristics in which they are buried.

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Acknowledgments

We thank M. H. Jensen, Environment Centre Odense for practical help and for data. We are grateful to A. B. Faarborg for technical help in the laboratory. We thank B. L. Møller for HPLC-measurements of pigment and the crew at R/V Liv II for assistance in the field. We also wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for their very valuable comments on the manuscript. The project was supported by the Danish National Science Research Council (grant no.272-07-0485) to Dr B. W. H.

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  1. National Institute for Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Kavalergården 6, 2920, Charlottenlund, Denmark

    Mie H. Sichlau

  2. Department of Marine Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, University of Aarhus, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO box 358, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Jørgen L. S. Hansen

  3. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark

    Thorbjørn J. Andersen

  4. Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, PO box 260, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Benni W. Hansen

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Sichlau, M.H., Hansen, J.L.S., Andersen, T.J. et al. Distribution and mortality of diapause eggs from calanoid copepods in relation to sedimentation regimes. Mar Biol 158, 665–676 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1590-6

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