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Is “structural” growth of Calanus potentially exponential?
Author(s) -
McLaren Ian A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1986.31.6.1342
Subject(s) - oceanography , exponential growth , environmental science , exponential function , ecology , biology , mathematics , geology , mathematical analysis
Evidence is presented that maximal, weight‐specific growth rate of well fed Calanus copepodites is constant, if stored lipid is discounted. This pattern may be true of calanoid copepods in general.