Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41076099,41121064,41406159);the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2011CB403604)
Over-summering is a crucial period for Calanus sinicus in the southern Yellow Sea,where it is a key member of the zooplankton community.Lipids play an important role in copepod diapause,which is part of their over-sum...
Supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41230963);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA11020305);the NSFC-Shandong Joint Fund for Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences(No.U1406403)
Calanus sinicus,the dominant copepod in the Yellow Sea,develops a large oil sac in late spring to prepare for over-summering in the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass(YSCWM).The lipid accumulation mechanism for the initiation...