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On the Fertility of Marine Cladocera with a Note on the Formation of the Resting Egg in Evadne Nordmanni Loven and Podon Intermedius Lilljeborg

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C. Cheng
C. Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen
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A statistical study was made of the fertility of Evadne nordmanni, Podon intermedius, P. leuckarti and P. polyphemoides in the Clyde Sea-Area and of the former two species off Plymouth. The mean fertility of parthenogenetic females varies with different species. This is not correlated with the size of the species.

Within the species, Evadne nordmanni and Podon intermedius, there exists, in general, a positive correlation between the size and the fertility of parthenogenetic females.

The fertility of Evadne nordmanni is subject to seasonal variation. This is not correlated with fluctuations in the abundance of diatoms.

An inverse relationship was observed in Evadne nordmanni between the reproductive capacity of parthenogenetic females and the intensity of sexual reproduction.

A brief account was given of the formation of the resting egg in Evadne nordmanni and Podon intermedius.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , June 1947 , pp. 551 - 561
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1947

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