On Thursday, March 6, 2025, the new BCO-DMO website will be live! After this time the old site will no longer be accessible.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach us at feedback@bco-dmo.org

Parameter: grazing_rate

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: 
grazing_rate
Supplied Units: 
nanograms Carbon/nauplius/hour (ng C nauplius-1 h-1)
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
grazing rate