Reproductive performance, survival and development of nauplii and copepodites, sex ratio and adult life expectancy of the harpacticoid copepod, Euterpina acutifrons, fed different microalgal diets

Effects of microalgal diet on the population growth and fecundity of the cyclopoid copepod Paracyclopina nana

“…These results also indicate that P. lutheri (P) is the microalga associated with the lowest copepod population growth. Camus and Zeng (2012) also found that a diet based on Pavlova salina produced the lowest survival at the naupliar stage in the harpacticoid copepod Euterpina acutifrons among all different tested diets. Our results show that this microalga is also the one containing the lowest cellular carbon amount with 7.86 pg.…”

Interrelations between senescence, life‐history traits, and behavior in planktonic copepods

“…The survivorship experiments were all conducted in a manner similar to ours, as described in Estimating adult survivorship patterns; details on cohort sizes, incubation volumes, and temperatures for these experiments are shown in Table 1. We used the compilation of Hirst and Kiørboe (2002) to identify relevant studies and supplemented those with additional reports (Katona 1970, Nassogne 1970, Parrish and Wilson 1978, Nival et al 1990, Carlotti and Nival 1992, Paffenho¨fer 1993, Camus and Zeng 2012. We used the compilation of Hirst and Kiørboe (2002) to identify relevant studies and supplemented those with additional reports (Katona 1970, Nassogne 1970, Parrish and Wilson 1978, Nival et al 1990, Carlotti and Nival 1992, Paffenho¨fer 1993, Camus and Zeng 2012.…”

“…Additional literature data on average longevity were used to examine the effect of temperature and body size, such that we could use a larger database to account for these variables in the analysis of our survivorship experiments. We used the compilation of Hirst and Kiørboe (2002) to identify relevant studies and supplemented those with additional reports (Katona 1970, Nassogne 1970, Parrish and Wilson 1978, Nival et al 1990, Carlotti and Nival 1992, Paffenho¨fer 1993, Camus and Zeng 2012. We only included studies conducted on laboratory cultures and under optimal conditions, i.e., where the cohort experiment was started immediately upon maturation.…”

Comparative study on the effects of two diatoms as diets on planktonic calanoid and benthic harpacticoid copepods

“…Our results also largely in line with the reports that several species of calanoids, such as Calanus chilensis and Pseudocalanus newmani , were found impaired during diatom bloom (Halsband‐Lenk, Pierson, & Leising, ; Poulet et al., ) while benthic copepods was not significantly affected; in fact, populations of some benthic species were found thriving following the bloom (Goedkoop & Johnson, ). Additionally, in laboratory rearing experiments, it was also found that diatoms are well accepted by various benthic harpacticoid copepods, including E. acutifrons , T. brevicornis , and H. obscurus , with thriving populations (e.g., Camus & Zeng, ; De Troch et al., ; Wyckmans et al., ).…”

“…It is believed that certain metabolites produced by diatoms are responsible for the negative effects observed in copepods (d'Ippolito et al., ; Miralto et al., ; Vidoudez & Pohnert, ). However on the other hand, it has also been reported that for harpacticoid copepods, such as Euterpina acutifrons , Tigriopus brevicornis , and Harpacticus obscurus diatoms are well accepted with populations thrived on diatom‐based diets (e.g., Camus & Zeng, ; De Troch, Chepurnov, Gheerardyn, Vanreusel, & Olafsson, ; Wyckmans, Chepurnov, Vanreusel, & De Troch, ).…”