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Journal of Plankton Research, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl050
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Received April 5, 2006
Accepted September 18, 2006

Article

Egg production rates and stage-specific development times of Clausocalanus furcatus (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Hongsheng BI 1 * and Mark C. Benfield 2

1 Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; Present address: Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 SE Marine Science Dr., Newport, OR 97365, U.S.A
2 Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Hongsheng BI, E-mail: Hongsheng.Bi{at}noaa.gov


  Abstract

The calanoid copepod Clausocalanus furcatus is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical oceans, yet knowledge of its reproduction and development remains limited. We estimated egg production rates and stage-specific development times from laboratory incubations and field samples collected at a petroleum platform in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Egg production experiments were conducted in 2002 and 2003 at a lab on the platform using freshly-collected female copepods. Median stage development durations were also measured during the incubations. Logistic regression models were used to estimate median stage durations. The median development times of C.furcatus from hatching to adulthood ranged from ~13-20 days. Field samples were collected from waters beneath the platform at 12h intervals using a 30L Niskin water bottle during March-April and May-June, 2003, and the Edmonson egg ratio method was used to estimate the mean in situ egg production rate. This field-derived mean egg production rate was significantly lower than the 12.08 eggs female-1 day-1 measured from incubation experiments, and this difference may reflect high in situ egg mortality. In situ egg production rates also showed high variability and were almost five times higher during March-April compared with May-June.

Communicating Editor: RP Harris


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