We present an accurate, fast, simple and non-destructive photographic method to estimate wax ester and lipid content in single individuals of the calanoid copepod genus Calanus and test this method against gas-chromatographic lipid measurements.
The following species were investigated: Calanus finmarchicus, C. glacialis and C. hyperboreus, stages CIV, CV and adult females (in non-reproductive state). These three species were sampled around Svalbard, Norway at different locations and different times of the year (January, July and September). Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
Supplement to: Vogedes, Daniel; Varpe, Øystein; Søreide, Janne E; Graeve, Martin; Berge, J; Falk-Petersen, Stig (2010): Lipid sac area as a proxy for individual lipid content of arctic calanoid copepods. Journal of Plankton Research, 32(10), 1471-1477