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Parameter: Ingestion_Rate_of_Microplastics

Dataset: 
Dinoflagellate Microplastic Ingestion 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: 
Ingestion_Rate_of_Microplastics
Supplied Units: 
particles per predator per day
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Daily rate het. Dino ingested microplastics