GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CALANUS-FINMARCHICUS RELATED TO THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE - EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND CONCEPTUAL-MODEL

A large number of weight values for the different stages of Calanus fi nmarchicus permits us to show that no overlapping takes place between ranges of structural weights (i.e. without storage) of successive cope podite stages at a given temperature and that structural growth is exp onential at all temperatures. Nevertheless, in each instar, weights ar e negatively correlated with temperature. The hypothesis of critical m olting weights is discussed in the framework of the elaboration of a c onceptual model coupling growth and development.