Calanus finmarchicus

In female samples measured before the spring bloom in research published in 2022 near the Faroes, mean prosome length was 2.7 mm, and smaller size was associated with warmer water. The length measurements covered some of the study years, and the association establishes neither a causal effect nor the length of the entire species.

The introduction to a modelling study published in 2024 explains the use of lipid reserves during diapause and the contribution of carbon respired at depth to the seasonal lipid pump. A 2014 paper links wax-ester synthesis with pre-adult CV individuals presumed to be preparing for diapause; these are the sources’ accounts, not measurements of carbon sequestration by every individual.