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A large number of weight values for the different stages of Calanus finmarchicus permits us to show that no overlapping takes place between ranges of structural weights (i.e. without storage) of successive copepoditc stages at a given temperature and that structural growth is exponential at all temperatures. Nevertheless, in each instar, weights are negatively correlated with temperature. The hypothesis of critical molting weights is discussed in the framework of the elaboration of a conceptual model coupling growth and development.
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