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In situ life table of a subtropical copepod
Author(s) -
WYNGAARD GRACE A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
freshwater biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2427
pISSN - 0046-5070
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1983.tb00677.x
Subject(s) - copepod , population , biology , zooplankton , ecology , fecundity , subtropics , predation , table (database) , population growth , fishery , crustacean , demography , sociology , computer science , data mining
1 A life table of a subtropical population of Mesocyclops edax (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) was constructed from a cohort of individuals reared in enclosures in a small, eutrophic lake. 2 The lake population was sampled concurrently to determine age structure, per capita birth, death and growth rates, body size and clutch size. 3 Maturation times of enclosed males and females were 9.3 and 11.4 days, respectively. The population growth rate. r. was estimated to be 0.18 females day ‐1 for the enclosed population, but approximated zero on most dates in the lake population. Mortality was low in the enclosures which excluded predators and high in the field population exposed to planktivorous fish and Chaoborus.4 The means and variances of several fitness traits are related to the specific environment. The enclosure approach promises to be a useful tool in the study of zooplankton life history variation.