Can Georges Bank larval cod survive on a calanoid diet?

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Can Georges Bank larval cod survive on a calanoid diet?

Conceptual model for larval cod feeding on stage-structured prey

Objectively analyzed climatological Calanus finmarchicus distributions

Calanus stage structure based on quasi-static balance

Larval cod trophodynamic model

Predator feeding rates determined by QUODDY vertically and temporally averaged turbulence.

Calanus alone is not enough

Calanus and Pseudocalanus together provide good growth

Conclusions:

Future Work:

Theory and Presentation

Prey Population Structure

Email: cvl@dartmouth.edu

Home Page: http://mallebarre.dartmouth.edu/~cvl

Other information:
Content of a talk presented at the Trans-Atalantic Studies of Calanus meeting in Tromso, Norway, August 24-27, 1999