Formation of highly resistant dormant forms is a well-known feature that allows inhabitants of
unstable water bodies to survive periods of adverse conditions. The resistance of dormant …

Cultured copepods have been successfully used in the larviculture of various finfish larvae.
Over the past few years, there have been several research articles published on copepod …

Long-lasting embryonic dormancy in invertebrates defies our understanding of what
constitutes life because, for example, eggs of some copepods can delay hatching for …

Dating back to the early Cambrian period, crustaceans had ample time to undertake endless
experimentation with form and function. Today, no other group of plants or animals on the …

The copepod, Boeckella poppei, is broadly distributed in Antarctic and subantarctic maritime
lakes threatened by climate change and anthropogenic chemicals. Unfortunately …

Traditionally, the aquatic environment is divided into habitats, and consequently the
organisms are also categorized relative to the habitats they most conspicuously live in. Often …

Aim Many aquatic invertebrates produce dormant life‐history stages as a means to endure
inhospitable environments and to facilitate natural long‐distance dispersal, yet we have little …

Production of animal protein through aquaculture is one of the vital sources to meet the
future food challenges for the increasing human population. Commercial scale farming of …

Close to 50 species of marine Calanoid copepods have been reported to produce diapause
eggs (Engel and Hirche in J Plankton Res 26: 1083–1093, 2004); eggs that are viable but …

To minimize the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species, the United States
Coast Guard (USCG) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulate the allowed …