Imagine a species that is only one millimetre long and has only a limited swimming ability. Yet, its mobility is sufficient for moving, feeding and reproducing in freshwater and seawater. That's ...

ABSTRACT: The goal of our studies was to quantify the digestive performance of a calanoid copepod in comparison to a commonly occurring pelagic tunicate. A comparison of the carbon and nitrogen ...

FORSTER 1 has recently examined the peritrophic membrane in Caridea (Crustacea, Decapoda). He found a membrane in the mid-gut of all the Caridea examined and was able to show that it was chitinous. A ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 64, No. 3 (May 2019), pp. 833-847 (16 pages) In costal ecosystems, copepods coexist with toxin-producing phytoplankton. The presence of copepods can amplify the ...

A new guide for identification of planktonic copepods from the second largest river in South America has been made. The guide contains detailed information for identification of 19 species of rivers ...

A deep-sea mystery has been solved with the discovery that the tiny 3 mm long marine animals, eaten by herring, cod and mackerel, use the same buoyancy control as whales. Reporting this week in the ...

Copepods represent a pivotal component in aquaculture and larviculture, serving as an essential live feed that bridges the nutritional gap in early fish larval development. Their rich biochemical ...

Calanoid Copepoda from 2,000 m to 4,000 m were collected with closing nets on R.V. Trident cruises 023 and 036 in the North and South Atlantic. Both the Nansen vertical net and the large Clarke-Bumpus ...

Physicists show that despite their limited swimming abilities, zooplankton called calanoid copepods display active, energetic behaviour in turbulent flows. Imagine a species that is only one ...