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| Population dynamics:mortality/predation |
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| Background |
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| • | Calanus
mortality varies spatially and temporally on GB; |
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| losses due to
mortality > advective losses |
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| • | Invertebrate
predators include Centropages, Metridia, |
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| Temora, Sagitta,
and Pleurobrachia |
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| • | High consumption
of all copepod life stages by the hydroid |
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| Clytia
gracilis, particularly on the crest; predator |
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| populations peak
there in April-May |
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| • | Cannibalistic
feeding by C. finmarchicus may lead to |
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| density-
dependent mortality. |
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