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Ingestion by planktonic grazers as a function of concentration of food 1
Author(s) -
Mullin Michael M.,
Stewart Elizabeth Fuglister,
Fuglister Frederick J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1975.20.2.0259
Subject(s) - ingestion , plankton , function (biology) , biology , environmental science , ecology , endocrinology , evolutionary biology
Data on ingestion by copepods as a function of concentration of food were re‐examined with regard to possible mathematical models for this process. A rectilinear model was found preferable, but the hyperbolic models could not be statistically rejected. The choice of a model was particularly crucial at very low concentrations of food.