Vertical migration is a geographically and taxonomically widespread behaviour among
zooplankton that spans across diel and seasonal timescales. The shorter‐term diel vertical …

For a short-lived organism, such as a freshwater zooplankter, the ways of coping with years
of local recruitment failure are either to disperse between habitats and recolonise or to …

Dormancy affects copepods in their anatomy, physiology, genetics, population biology,
community ecology, evolution and local and geographic distribution. It is known from …

The ability to survive in a dormant state is a widespread, yet unevenly distributed feature
among invertebrates. Organisms belonging to classes and phyla that include fresh-water or …

In many regions, climate change is prolonging dry periods in rivers and wetlands, exposing
freshwater invertebrates to increased periods of desiccation. Invertebrates show a range of …

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 …

In nature, copepods constitute a first vital link in the marine food chain leading from primary
producers to fish. In the open water marine environment, calanoids dominate the …

Dormancy is a suspension of the vital functions in an organism for a certain, sometimes very
long, time period to overcome harsh environmental conditions. It is a widespread adaptation …

Theoretical predictions for the relationships between duration of dormancy, reproductive life
span, and dispersal ability developed for plants in temporally varying environments are …

Annual dynamics of abundance and gender composition, seasonal variations in
reproduction, respiration rate and locomotor activity of the new invasive cyclopoid species …