COPEPODS: DIVERSITY, HABITAT AND BEHAVIOR

COPEPODS: DIVERSITY, HABITAT AND BEHAVIOR

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CONTENTS

PREFACE: COPEPODS: TINY BUGS IN A BROAD CONTEXT

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Chapter 1: PELAGIC DIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BIODIVERSITY AND HYDRO-CLIMATIC VARIABILITY

GLOBAL WARMING

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 2: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF PELAGIC COPEPODS IN TROPICAL COASTAL WATERS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

TAXONOMIC MAYHEM

HABITAT DIFFERENCES IN COPEPOD COMMUNITY COMPOSITION

BEHAVIOR

TROPHIC DETERMINANTS OF COMMUNITY COMPOSITION

THE “TROPICALIZATION” OF TEMPERATE COPEPOD COMMUNITIES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Chapter 3: HARPACTICOIDA (COPEPODA) UNDER HYPOXIA CONDITIONS IN THE BLACK SEA

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

SAMPLE COLLECTION AND GEOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Chapter 4: ANTARCTIC LACUSTRINE COPEPODS: SCATTERED REMNANTS OF AN ANCIENT FAUNA AND RECENT MARINE INVADERS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Chapter 5: MARINE COPEPODS AND SOLAR RADIATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LIGHT IN THE OCEAN

WHAT WE LEARNED FROM FRESHWATER SYSTEMS

COMPARISON OF UV EXPOSURE IN FRESHWATER AND MARINE SYSTEMS

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT MARINE SYSTEMS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Chapter 6: SWIMMING, FEEDING AND MATING BEHAVIOR IN COPEPODS: A BRIEF REVIEW

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SWIMMING BEHAVIOR

FEEDING BEHAVIOR

MATING BEHAVIOR

TECHNIQUES TO OBSERVE COPEPOD BEHAVIOR

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Chapter 7: HIGH-SPEED IMAGING IN COPEPOD BEHAVIOR

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

HIGH-SPEED CINEMATOGRAPHY OF A TETHERED COPEPOD

HIGH-SPEED CINEMATOGRAPHY OF A FREE-SWIMMING COPEPOD

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Chapter 8: THE SENSORY HORIZON OF MARINE COPEPODS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

STIMULUS PROPERTIES

INDIVIDUAL SENSOR PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL RESPONSES OF SETA TO FLUID MOTION

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF SETA TO FLUID MOTION

NEUROLOGICAL CODING OF FLUID MOTION

RAPID BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE

DIRECTIONAL SENSITIVITY

MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN MEDIUM FLOW AND MECHANOSENSORY

SPATIAL DETECTION OF FLUID SIGNALS

THE ROLE OF FLUID VISCOSITY ON MECHANORECEPTION

SUMMARY

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Chapter 9: NANO- AND MICROFLUIDICS, RHEOLOGY, EXOPOLYMERIC SUBSTANCES AND FLUID DYNAMICS IN CALANOID COPEPODS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

UNITS

NANO- AND MICROFLUIDICS IN RELATION TO THE DYNAMICS OF MICRO- AND MESOPLANKTON

THALASSORHEOLOGY AND EXOPOLYMERIC SUBSTANCES IN COPEPODS’ ENVIRONMENTS

THE COPEPOD SURFACE IN RELATION TO FEEDING AND SWIMMING

HARPACTICOIDS ARE DIFFERENT

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Chapter 10: COPEPOD BEHAVIOR: OCEANOGRAPHIC CUES, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TROPHIC INTERACTIONS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

OCEANOGRAPHIC CUES AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES

BEHAVIOR AND DISTRIBUTIONS

TROPHIC INTERACTIONS AND PRODUCTION

A CASE STUDY: HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS, COPEPOD ECOLOGY, AND ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Chapter 11: COPEPOD CARCASSES: OCCURRENCE, FATE AND ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

EARLY OBSERVATIONS OF COPEPOD CARCASSES

VITAL AND MORTAL STAINING METHODS

MORTALITY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS

FATE OF CARCASSES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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INDEX