JPR Advance Access originally published online on July 27, 2004
Journal of Plankton Research 2004 26(12):1547-1553; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbh126
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In situ egg production rate of the planktonic copepod Acartia steueri in Ilkwang Bay, southeastern coast of Korea
1 Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Korea and 2 Marine Living Resources Research Division, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, Ansan PO Box 29, Seoul 425-600, Korea
* Corresponding Author: kanghk{at}kordi.re.kr
Received March 31, 2004; accepted in principle June 11, 2004; accepted for publication July 1, 2004; published online July 27, 2004
Egg production rate (EPR) of the copepod Acartia steueri was investigated by in situ incubation in Ilkwang Bay, Korea. EPR ranged from 3.8 to 10.1 eggs female1 d1, and weight-specific growth rate decreased with increasing body weight of the adult female.