Effects of preservation on wet weight, dry weight, nitrogen and carbon contents of Calanus helgolandicus (Crustacea: Copepoda)
Williams, R.; Robins, D.B. (1982). Effects of preservation on wet weight, dry weight, nitrogen and carbon contents of Calanus helgolandicus (Crustacea: Copepoda). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 71(3): 271-281. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00397044
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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Biology > Physiology
Chemical elements > Nonmetals > Atmospheric gases > Nitrogen
Chemical elements > Nonmetals > Carbon
Chemistry > Biochemistry
Composition > Biochemical composition
Physics > Biophysics
Properties > Physical properties > Weight > Dry weight
Properties > Physical properties > Weight > Wet weight
Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863) [WoRMS]; Copepoda [WoRMS]; Crustacea [WoRMS]
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- Williams, R.
- Robins, D.B.
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The lengths, wet and dry weights, nitrogen and carbon contents of fresh, frozen and formaldehyde-fixed specimens of C. Helgolandicus (Claus) were determined. Samples were collected during May 1980 in the Celtic Sea. Individual Copepodite Stages 3, 4, 5, and Adult Male and Female Stage 6 were measured and analysed, and 36 linear regression equations derived for these variables together with mean values, standard deviations and 95% confidence limits. The range of nitrogen values in the fresh material, expressed as a percentage of dry weight, ranged from 8.08% plus or minus 0.80 (Copepodite Stage 3) to 10.89% plus or minus 0.27 (adult female); carbon values changed from 41.6% plus or minus 3.05 (mean plus or minus 95% confidence limits) for Copepodite Stage 3 to 50.97% plus or minus 2.63 in Copepodite Stage 5. The adult females had a high nitrogen and relatively low carbon content, while the converse was true for Stage 5 copepodites. There was aloss of dry weight from the frozen samples (57%) and the fixed samples (38%) compared with the mean of the fresh dry weight of all stages. |
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