Gregory J. Teegarden

TL;DR: It is recommended that secondary production rates of Calanus finmarchicus and possibly other lipid-storing copepods not be estimated from egg production mea- surements alone, as has been suggested for other species of copepod, because growth, including structural growth, is not equivalent for all stages.

TL;DR: It is suggested that these toxins could affect respiratory capabilities, feeding behavior, and ultimately the reproductive condition of the whale population.

TL;DR: Results of grazing and toxin accumulation/depuration experiments showed that C. finmarchicus consumed DA-producing Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries regardless of the presence or absence of morphologically similar, but non-toxic, P. pungens, providing evidence for the potential of C.finm archicus to facilitate DA trophic transfer in marine food webs where toxic Pseudo -nitzSchia is present.

TL;DR: Copepod grazers do not follow predictable feeding rules throughout a continuum of conditions, but become more predictable at extremes of concentration and toxicity of prey, consistent with the conclusion that both factors are important.

TL;DR: It is suggested that zooplankton grazing can be an important source of mortality for harmful algal bloom species such as Alexandrium spp.