Dataset: Laboratory results on Copepod gut fullness index measured in pixels from San Francisco State University in 2013 (Food Limitation in Copepod nauplii project)

Final no updates expectedVersion 2015-01-15 (2015-01-15)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator: William Kimmerer (San Francisco State University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Sarah Cohen (San Francisco State University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Feeding and food limitation in copepod nauplii, the neglected life stage (food limitation in copepod nauplii)

Gut fullness index of adult and naupliar Pseudodiaptomus marinus fed two different prey items, measured by image pixels and epifluorescent microscopy.

Related Reference:

Kamiyama, T. (2000). Application of a vital staining method to measure feeding rates of field ciliate assemblages on a harmful alga. Marine Ecology Progress Series

Li, A., et al. (1996). Ingestion of fluorescently labeled and phycoerythrin-containing prey by mixotrophic dinoflagellates." Aquatic Microbial Ecology 10(2): 139-147.

Merrell, J. R. and D. K. Stoecker (1998). Differential grazing on protozoan microplankton by developmental stages of the calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis Poppe. Journal of Plankton Research 20(2): 289-304.

Vogt, R.A., T.R. Ignoffo, L.J. Sullivan, J. Herndon, J.H. Stillman, and W. Kimmerer. 2013. Feeding capabilities and limitations in the nauplii of two pelagic estuarine copepods, Pseudodiaptomus marinus and Oithona davisae. Limnology and Oceanography 58: 2145-2157


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