Biological Oceanography

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Fig. 7.7 (a) Maximum laboratory feeding rates as a function of body biomass (W,
carbon) for calanoid copepodites () and nauplii (•). The equation is for the fitted line.
(b) Ingestion rates measured and compared to the line from (a) for calanoid adults (Δ)
and nauplii () collected in the field eating their field rations.


(^) (After Saiz & Calbet 2007.)

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