
%0 Journal Article
%A Rippingale, RJ 
%A Hodgkin, EP 
%T Population growth of a copepod <I>Gladioferens imparipes</I> Thomson
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1974/09/01
%V 25
%N 3
%P 351-360
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9740351
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9740351 
%X The intrinsic rate of increase of an animal population can be calculated from data on longevity, sex ratio, maturation rate and fecundity and can be expressed as r in the population growth equation Nt = N0ert. Laboratory and field data are used to calculate the value of r per day for the copepod Gladioferens imparipes Thomson. The r values obtained, 0.146 per day at 15º C and 0.293 per day at 25º C, are both high. This high population growth potential is interpreted as an adaptation to the estuarine habitat. 
