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Summary
Diapause is a key feature of the life-cycle of many marine copepods and is thought to be regulated by a number of interacting factors that range from broad scale environmental cues, through to the action of specific hormonal messengers acting at the cellular level. This work includes study of the interaction between the environment, nutrition, the levels of specific endocrine hormones and their receptors in marine calanoid copepods. In particular, this research aims to develop a predictive capability of the behaviour and life-cycle of C.finmarchicus in the North Atlantic, thereby providing crucial information for researchers developing population dynamics models for this key species.

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 67.0

S: -60.0

E: 20.0

W: -100.0

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > BRITISH ISLES > UNITED KINGDOM OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC HABITAT BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HISTORY BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > MIGRATORY RATES/ROUTES BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SURVIVAL RATES BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > TROPHIC DYNAMICS BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA OCEANS

Project

GLOBEC > Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics, IGBP IGBP > International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

Ancillary Keywords

GLOBEC Marine Productivity zooplankton Calanus finmarchicus copepods diapause nutrition endocrine hormones North Atlantic life cycle population dynamics

Data Center

Southampton Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Data Center URL: http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/ Data Center Personnel Name: DAVID POND Phone: +44 (0) 23 8059 6666 Email: dwpo at noc.soton.ac.uk Contact Address: Southampton Oceanography Centre University of Southampton Waterfront Campus European Way City: Southampton Postal Code: SO14 3ZH Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Personnel

GLOBEC IPO Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +44 (0)1752 633401 Fax: +44 (0)1752 633101 Email: globec at pml.ac.uk Contact Address: GLOBEC International Project Office Plymouth Marine Laboratory Prospect Place City: Plymouth Postal Code: PL1 3DH Country: UK GARY SMERDON Role: INVESTIGATOR Email: gary.smerdon at ddrc.org Contact Address: Prospect Place, Plymouth Marine Laboratory City: Plymouth Postal Code: PL1 3DH Country: UK DAVID POND Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: +44 (0) 23 8059 6666 Email: dwpo at noc.soton.ac.uk Contact Address: Southampton Oceanography Centre University of Southampton Waterfront Campus European Way City: Southampton Postal Code: SO14 3ZH Country: UNITED KINGDOM LAWRENCE DINAN Role: INVESTIGATOR

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-01-29 Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-11-26

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