) were lower than for A. clausi. We conclude that the main factor responsible for reduced population recruitment rates of both species in winter was low hatching viability and that the bulk of annual recruitment in the North Adriatic Sea occurred in post-bloom conditions, since the mixed protistan community that succeeded the bloom was probably a better food source for copepod embryogenesis. The results are discussed in relation to laboratory findings on the toxic effects of diatoms on copepod reproduction.

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