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1 May 2005 THE LIFE HISTORY OF PONTOGAMMARUS ROBUSTOIDES, AN ALIEN AMPHIPOD SPECIES IN POLISH WATERS
Karolina Bacela, Alicja Konopacka
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This study has shown that Pontogammarus robustoides has a multivoltine life cycle in central Poland, with three generations per year (spring, summer, and autumn). Reproduction lasts from March/April until October, when the last breeding females are found. The first juveniles appear in May and are present in the population until the end of October. Spring and summer generations mature in a very short time (4–5 weeks). Females born in May and July start breeding at a body length of 8.5 mm, whereas the length of overwintering females breeding in spring ranges 11–18 mm. The number of eggs laid is exponentially correlated with the size of a female (r2= 0.89).

Karolina Bacela and Alicja Konopacka "THE LIFE HISTORY OF PONTOGAMMARUS ROBUSTOIDES, AN ALIEN AMPHIPOD SPECIES IN POLISH WATERS," Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(2), 190-195, (1 May 2005). https://doi.org/10.1651/C-2519
Received: 25 May 2004; Accepted: 1 December 2004; Published: 1 May 2005
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