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Copepod nutritional condition and pelagic production during autumn in Kosterfjorden, western Sweden
Båmstedt, U.; Håkanson, J.L.; Brenner-Larsen, J.; Björnsen, P.K.; Geertz-Hansen, O.; Tiselius, P. (1990). Copepod nutritional condition and pelagic production during autumn in Kosterfjorden, western Sweden. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 104(2): 197-208
In: Marine Biology: International Journal on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0025-3162; e-ISSN 1432-1793, more
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    Marine/Coastal

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  • Båmstedt, U.
  • Håkanson, J.L.
  • Brenner-Larsen, J.
  • Björnsen, P.K.
  • Geertz-Hansen, O.
  • Tiselius, P.

Abstract
    The in situ grazing rate and nutritional condition of copepods were studied during October/November 1985, by analyzing gut fluorescence (feeding), body size and lipid composition (nutritional state), and electron transport system (ETS) activity (respiration rate) of copepods from surface-and deep-water in Kosterfjorden on the Swedish west coast. These parameters were related to the physical and biological environment, as defined by light, hydrography, autotrophic and bacterial production and seston in the water column. The results show a gradual build-up of the autumn phytoplankton bloom in the uppermost meters, with a peak in total autotrophic production in mid October of ca 550 mg C m-2 d-1, and a bacterial net production corresponding to 15% of this. Phytoplankton exudates made up, on average, 47% of the primary production and more than 50% of this was utilized by the bacteria. Copepods occurring in the surface-water exhibited grazing rates corresponding to between 11 and 18% of their body C d-1 and potential growth rates of 0 to 9% d-1. Copepod populations in the surface water were composed of individuals with higher average body-weight and lower lipid-proportion than those from the deep-water.Calanus finmarchicus in the deep-water showed characters indicating diapause condition, while this was not observed for Acartia clausi. Differences in lipid content and composition indicate that C. finmarchicus, Pseudocalanus sp. And A. clausi represent three successive points on a scale of tolerance for fluctuations in the food environment. Adult female Metridia longa was the only one among seven species/stages of copepods in the deep-water (>= 50 m depth) that contained phytoplankton pigments.

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