Abstract
The measurement of copepod adult female fecundity as an estimate of adult growth (pro- duction) rates has been an approach widely used in both laboratory and field studies. Here we demon- strate that the basic assumption of this approach, i.e. that estimated egg production during the incubation reflects the 'in situ' conditions, is not always legitimate and that it is temperature depen- dent. The enhancement of metabolic rates induced by high temperatures induces a more accented bias of the method. We also provide guidelines on how to conduct the incubations in order to obtain more reliable estimates.
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