Furthermore, experimental studies have shown that Pacific herring exhibit a highly significant preference for ovigerous over non-ovigerous adult copepods ( Bollens and Frost, 1991 ) and herring in the Baltic are likewise known to feed on P. acuspes with a preference for females over males ( Flinkman et al ., 1998 ; Bernreuther et al ., 2013 ).
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