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Parameter: IngestionRate

Dataset: 
Copepod Ingestion - Stable Isotope Analysis
Parameter: 
Zooplankton feeding
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 Zoop_feeding
Short Description:
 Zooplankton feeding
Official Name:
 Zooplankton feeding
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Parameters quantifying the ingestion of food by zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger but excluding fish) in terms of identified biota or chemical species and the effects of nutrition on life processes such as physiology and reproduction.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
IngestionRate
Supplied Units: 
micrograms carbon per copepod per hour (ug C/copepod/hour)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
The copepod ingestion rate as calculated from stable isotope analysis (see Methodology section for more details)