Temperature-dependent egg production and egg hatching rates of small egg-carrying and broadcast-spawning copepods , and .

Reproductive rates of copepods are temperature-dependent, but poorly known for small copepods at low temperatures, hindering the predictions of population dynamics and secondary production in high-latitude ecosystems. We investigated egg hatching rates, hatching success and egg production of the small copepods and (sac spawners) and (broadcast spawner) between March and August. Incubations were performed at ecologically relevant temperatures between 1.