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Calanus is
a more opportunistic, highly fecund, broadcast
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spawner
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Pseudocalanus
and Oithona carry their eggs in egg sacs
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(an adaptation
thought to reduce egg mortality), and have
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lower maximum egg
production rates
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C.
finmarchicus and Pseudocalanus exhibit different depth
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preferences and
different susceptibilities to food limitation
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and predation
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Also appear to
have different source regions, although this
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is poorly
understood
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