Specimen Information

Eurytemora affinis
Eurytemora affinis
(a calanoid copepod)
Crustaceans-Copepods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID156870
GroupCrustaceans-Copepods
GenusEurytemora
Speciesaffinis
Common Namea calanoid copepod
StateMA
CountyDukes
LocalityEdgartown Great Pond, Martha's Vineyard
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCape Cod
HUC8 Number01090002
HUC10 NameElizabeth Islands-Marthas Vineyard
HUC10 Number0109000206
HUC12 NameTisbury Great Pond-Frontal Atlantic Ocean
HUC12 Number010900020602
Map
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Collection Month5
Collection Year1996
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13543
Author:Lee, C.E., and C.H. Petersen
Date:2002
Title:Genotype-by-Environment Interaction for Salinity Tolerance in the Freshwater-Invading Copepod Eurytemora affinis.
Journal:Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
Volume:75
Issue:4
Pages:335-344
CommentsLarge brackish lake separated from the ocean by a sandbar.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater-Marine
Number Collected100's


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