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Observing copepods through a genomic lens [PDF]

Frontiers in Zoology, 2011
Background Copepods outnumber every other multicellular animal group. They are critical components of the world's freshwater and marine ecosystems, sensitive indicators of local and global climate change, key ecosystem service providers, parasites and ...
Johnson Stewart C, Goetze Erica, Frisch Dagmar, Bron James E, Lee Carol, Wyngaard Grace A   +5 more
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Interactions between Benthic Copepods, Bacteria and Diatoms Promote Nitrogen Retention in Intertidal Marine Sediments [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The present study aims at evaluating the impact of diatoms and copepods on microbial processes mediating nitrate removal in fine-grained intertidal sediments.
Willem Stock, Kim Heylen, Koen Sabbe
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Distribution of Arctic and Pacific copepods and their habitat in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2016
The advection of warm Pacific water and the reduction in sea ice in the western Arctic Ocean may influence the abundance and distribution of copepods, a key component of food webs.
H. Sasaki, K. Matsuno, A. Fujiwara, M. Onuka, A. Yamaguchi, H. Ueno, Y. Watanuki, T. Kikuchi   +7 more
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Inhibition of Larval Development of Marine Copepods Acartia tonsa by Neonicotinoids

Toxics, 2022
Neonicotinoids (NEOs) are neurotoxic pesticides widely used in agriculture due to their high effectiveness against pest insects. Despite their widespread use, very little is known about their toxicity towards marine organisms, including sensitive and ...
Marco Picone, Gabriele Giuseppe Distefano, Davide Marchetto, Martina Russo, Marco Baccichet, Roberta Zangrando, Andrea Gambaro, Annamaria Volpi Ghirardini   +7 more
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Evaluating Metabarcoding Markers for Identifying Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton Communities to Species in the Salish Sea: Morphological Comparisons and Rare, Threatened or Invasive Species

DNA, 2023
Zooplankton and ichthyoplankton community assessments depend on species diagnostics, yet morphological identifications are time-consuming, require taxonomic expertise, and are hampered by a lack of diagnostic characters, particularly for larval stages ...
Carol A. Stepien, Haila K. Schultz, Sean M. McAllister, Emily L. Norton, Julie E. Keister   +4 more
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Cooking copepods: The survival of cyclopoid copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) in simulated provisioned water containers and implications for the Guinea Worm Eradication Program in Chad, Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Introduction: The global Guinea Worm Eradication Program has reduced numbers of human infections of Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) to 49 cases in four countries.
Christopher A. Cleveland, Kayla B. Garrett, Erin K. Box, Zavier Eure, Ania A. Majewska, Jessica A. Wilson, Michael J. Yabsley   +6 more
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Does copepods influence dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) early development?

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014
Good knowledge on the development of early life stages is essential for successful conservation programs of threatened fish species. Diet and rearing system affects early life survival and juvenile quality. Copepods are the natural food of fish larvae in
Monica Mateus, Paulo Gavaia, Maria Emilia Cunha   +2 more
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Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the copepod family Cyclopidae (Crustacea: Cyclopoida) from freshwater ecosystems of Southeast Nigeria

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020
Background Copepods are key components of aquatic ecosystems and can help regulate the global carbon cycle. Much attention has been paid to the species diversity of copepods worldwide, but the phylogeography and genetic diversity of copepods in Nigeria ...
Yijun Ni, Chike Chukwuenyem Ebido, Elijah Chibueze Odii, Jinhui Wang, Chinemerem Hodges Orakwelu, Francis Chukwuemeka Abonyi, Chinedu Innocent Ngene, Joseph Onyekwere Okoro, Patience Obiageli Ubachukwu, Wei Hu, Mingbo Yin   +10 more
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laurvi/copepods-true-colors: Copepods' true colors - Data and code for Ecosphere publication

, 2022
Data and code associated to the publication Copepods' true colors: astaxanthin pigmentation as an indicator of fitness, for Ecosphere, Journal of the Ecological Society of America, submitted in november ...
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core   +1 more source

Effect of supplying four copepod densities (Acartia sp. and Calanus pacificus) onthe productive response of Litopenaeus vannamei pregrown intensively at microcosm level

Ciencias Marinas, 2011
A seven-week experiment was performed to evaluate the effect of supplying copepods (Acartia sp. and Calanus pacificus), as exogenous feed during the intensive pre-growout phase of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), on the productive parameters and ...
LR Martínez-Córdova, A Campaña-Torres, M Martínez-Porchas   +2 more
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