TABLE XXVI. WEIGHT AND PERCENTAGE INCORPORATION OF ASSIMILATED CARBON BY E. pacifica (Lasker, 1966)
Initial
Final
Weight of assimilated carbon (mg)
Percentage of
Percentage
Animal
dry
dry
Time
carbon incorporated
carbon
Respiraused in
( m s )
( m s )
tion
Growth Moults
Eggs respiration
(days)
Growth Moults
No.
weight
weight
Laboratory animals
8 r
g
1
0.30
1.19
69
0.37
0.10
0.78
30.0
8.0
62.0
0.83
29.6
5.7
64.7
*
2
0.30
1.20
73
0.39
0.07
6.8
66.4
0
3
0.50
1.50
69
0.42
0.11
1.04
26.8
4
1.56
2.30
51
0.31
0.15
1.49
15.9
7.7
76.4
4
5
0.80
1.36
66
0.24
0.094
1.08
16.7
6.6
76.7
M
1.32
1.85
65
0.25
0.12
1-53
13.1
6.4
80.5
3
!
1.95
2.31
23
0.15
0.066
0.84
14.3
6.2
79.5
$
E
6
1.53
2.00
63
0.20
0.24
1.68
9.4
11.3
79.3
7
1.65
1.94
63
0.12
0.14
1.71
6.2
7.0
86.8
Field population*
0.23
9.0
580
3.68
5.95
26.1
3.5
9.4
15.3
8.9
66.4
* Growth of field population based on data of Ponomareva (1963).