Experimental results on the speed of escape for five species of calanoid copepod and multiple developmental stages in response to artificial hydrodynamic stimuli (PreyEscape project)

<p>This dataset includes the&nbsp;maximum speed of escape for five species of calanoid copepod&nbsp;and multiple developmental stages&nbsp;in response to&nbsp;an abrupt hydromechanical stimulus&nbsp;(moving sphere, suction).</p>

<p><strong>These data were published in:</strong><br />
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Buskey, E.J., Strickler, J.R., Bradley, C.J., Hartline, D.K. and Lenz, P.H., 2017. Escapes in copepods: comparison between myelinate and amyelinate species. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(5), pp.754-758. <a href=\"http://jeb.biologists.org/content/220/5/754\" target=\"_blank\">doi:10.1242/jeb.148304</a></p>

<p>Sources of data:&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Acartia </em><em>tonsa</em> (immature stages; current study), <em>Acartia </em><em>tonsa</em> (adult females; Buskey et al. 2002); <em>Bestiolina </em><em>similis</em> (current study); <em>Eurytemora </em><em>affinis</em><em> </em>(Bradley et al. 2013); <em>Parvocalanus </em><em>crassirostris</em> (Bradley et al. 2013); <em>Centropages </em><em>hamatus</em> (Burdick et al. 2007)&nbsp;</p>