Vertical distribution, life cycle, and developmental characteristics of the mesopelagic calanoid copepod Gaidius variabilis (Aetideidae) in the Oyashio region, western North Pacific Ocean
Vertical distribution, life cycle, and developmental characteristics of the mesopelagic calanoid copepod Gaidius variabilis (Aetideidae) in the Oyashio region, western North Pacific Ocean
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北太平洋西部亲潮地区中层桡足类桡足类Gaidius variabilis (Aetideidae)的垂直分布、生命周期和发育特征
DOI:
10.1007/s002270000316
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发表时间:
2000
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影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
T. Ikeda
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文献类型:
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作者:
A. Yamaguchi;T. Ikeda
Vertical distribution, life cycle, and developmental characteristics of the mesopelagic copepodGaidius variabilisBrodsky in the Oyashio region were investigated by combining analyses of field copepodite populations with laboratory-rearing data of egg hatching and naupliar development. Field samplings from five discrete depths between the surface and ≤2000 m were made approximately every month for 1 year. Most populations ofG. variabilisoccurred between 600 and 1000 m depth. A modest degree of reversed diel vertical migration behavior and some stage-specific depth-distribution patterns were noted. All copepodite stages were observed throughout the year, suggesting a year-round spawning ofG. variabilis. From a prominent abundance peak of Copepodite Stage 1 (C1) seen in June to August, together with development times of eggs and nauplii obtained in laboratory-rearing experiments, the major spawning season was extrapolated to be April to June, the phytoplankton bloom season. Tracing the peak abundance of each copepodite stage (distinguishing males and females for C4 to C6), the generation times of males and females were deduced as 2 and 1 year, respectively. All between-stage increments in terms of wet-, dry-, and ash-free dry weights were greatest in C3/C4, and least in C5/C6 for both males and females. The increments in C3/C4 and C4/C5 were greater for males than for females, reflecting a longer stage duration of the males. These weights did not increase in C5/C6 males, possibly because feeding ceased in C6 males. These results forG. variabilisare compared with those for some mesopelagic copepods previously reported from other regions.
影响因子:
2.1
作者:
A. Yamaguchi;T. Ikeda
通讯作者:
A. Yamaguchi;T. Ikeda