Predation risk alters life history strategies in an oceanic copepod.
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SUBMITTER: Kvile KO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816270 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
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Predation risk alters life history strategies in an oceanic copepod.
Kvile Kristina Øie KØ Altin Dag D Thommesen Lotte L Titelman Josefin J
Ecology 20201103 1
The ubiquitous oceanic copepod Calanus finmarchicus is the major link between primary producers and important fish stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas. Despite over a century of research on growth and development of this key species, the effect of predation risk on these processes remains elusive. We tested how food level and chemical cues from a fish predator influence growth and development of C. finmarchicus, using a predator naïve laboratory population. Copepods reached adul ...[more]
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