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Calanoid copepod, cladoceran, and rotifer eggs in sea-bottom sediments of northern Californian coastal waters: Identification, occurrence and hatching

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Resting eggs of copepods, cladocerans, and a rotifer were found in sediments from water depths of 60 to 120 m off the northern coast of California in February and April 1989. Eggs occurred as deep as 10 cm in the sediment. These eggs were viable, as evidenced by their hatching (41 to 58%) at 14°C in the laboratory.

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Marcus, N.H. Calanoid copepod, cladoceran, and rotifer eggs in sea-bottom sediments of northern Californian coastal waters: Identification, occurrence and hatching. Mar. Biol. 105, 413–418 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01316312

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