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Parameter: Grazing_per_day

Dataset: 
Temperature and nutrient dependent phytoplankton growth and herbivorous protist grazing rates
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: 
Grazing_per_day
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Herbivorous protists grazing rate