Velocity differences drive all encounter processes. Therefore, knowledge of both prey and predator motility are essential in order to understand feeding behavior and predict food acquisition rates. Here, we describe and quantify the motility behavior of young and old naupliar stages of 6 copepods (Centropages typicus, Calanus helgolandicus, Temora longicornis, Acartia tonsa, Eurytemora affinis ...

Effects of habitat and acclimation temperature on cholesterol contents were examined in oceanic and inshore species of copepods. The cholesterol content of five species of thermally acclimated copepods was determined, and nine species (representing six families) were sampled to assess the role of habitat temperature. The species selected have maximum habitat temperatures (and temperature tolera...

Toxic attributes of the brown tide alga Aureococcus anophagefferens affect the ability of benthic and protistan grazers to control blooms. Yet, little is known regarding the effect of A. anophagefferens on a dominant component of the microzooplankton community, copepod nauplii. This study describes the grazer–prey relationship between nauplii of the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa and A. anophag...

Fragrance materials (FMs) are used in a variety of detergents and cosmetics, including household personal care products. Despite their widespread use the growing evidence occurrence surface waters worldwide, very little is known about toxicity towards marine species, key component food webs such as copepods. Thus, we investigated six more long-lasting stable commercial fragrances, Amyl Salicyla...

the present study carried out an in vitro experiment on effects of salinity and temperature on acartia tonsa life cycle from caspian sea. during the experiment, temperature and salinity ranged 25, 27, 29 ± 1 °c and 12‰ and 17‰, respectively within a period of 60 days. spawning rate was measured using mesh size of 100 µ planktonic net from surface to 10 m depth. early results show that nauplii a...