Chaetoceros affinis
Description
New daughter set created every four weeks
Daughter set……….…16umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….10umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….….4umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Sexual and asexual processes in Protoperidinium steidingerae Balech (Dinophyceae), with observations on life-history stages of Protoperidinium depressum (Bailey) Balech (Dinophyceae) (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19335779/)
Supplementation of a diatom diet with cholesterol can enhance copepod egg-production rates (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.4319/lo.2004.49.2.0488)
Copepod reproduction is unaffected by diatom aldehydes or lipid composition (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0225)