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| Distinguishing Characteristics |
- Each caudal ramus with five setae
- Third segment from the end of the right antenna without an appendage
- Right and left fifth legs nearly equal in length
- Exopod 2 of left fifth leg 1/2 to 3/4 length of exopod 1
- Terminal hook of the right fifth leg symmetrical
- Specimen approximately 1.2 to 1.4 mm long
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| Additional Notes |
- Other sources:
- Torke, B. 2001. The distribution of calanoid copepods
in the plankton of Wisconsin lakes. Hydrobiologia. 453-454:
351-365.
- Chow-Fraser, P. and E.J. Maly. 1988. Aspects of mating reproduction
and co-occurrence in three freshwater calanoid copepods. Freshwater
Biol. 19: 95-108.
- Havens, K.E., N.D. Yan, and W. Keller. 1993. Lake acidification:
Effects on crustacean zooplanktonic populations. Environ. Sci.
and Technology. 27: 1621-1624.
- Ghan, D., J.D. McPhail, and K.D. Hyatt. 1998. The temporal-spatial
pattern of vertical migration by the freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus
oregonensis relative to predation risk. Canadian J. of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sci. 55: 1350-1363.
- Hairston, N.G. and R.A. VanBrunt. 1994. Diapause dynamics
of two diaptomid copepod species in a large lake. Hydrobiologia.
292-293: 209-218.
- Bundy, M.H. and H.A. Vanderploeg. 2002. Detection and capture
of inert particles by calanoid copepods: The role of the feeding
current. J. of Plankton Research. 24: 215-223.
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