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Define 'microzooplankton' |
- Single cell without gut - Rapid life strategies - Feed via peduncle; palium; phagocytosis |
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Define 'mesozooplankton' |
- Metazoa with gut - Complex life strategies - Raptorial or filter feeding |
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Similarities between micro- and meso- |
- Some level of food selectivity - Only a variable proportion of what's ingested is assimilated - Only a variable proportion of what's assimilated is converted to consumer biomass |
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Define 'assimilation efficiency' (AE) |
How wasteful a consumer is Ingested food (IF) - voided food (VF) / IF |
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Define 'gross growth efficiency' (GGE) |
Total efficiency of consumer for conversion of IF into biomass IF - VF - respiration / IF |
