On the free-spawning reproductive behaviour of the copepod Clausocalanus lividus (Frost & Fleminger 1968)

Authors
Citation
E. Saiz et A. Calbet, On the free-spawning reproductive behaviour of the copepod Clausocalanus lividus (Frost & Fleminger 1968), J PLANK RES, 21(3), 1999, pp. 599-602
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH
ISSN journal
01427873 → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
599 - 602
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-7873(199903)21:3<599:OTFRBO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Unlike other species of Clausocalanus, which are egg carriers, Clausocalanu s lividus lays free eggs into the water. As far as we know, this is the fir st observation of such a difference in reproductive strategy within a genus of calanoid copepods.