Zooplanktion

Question 1

Dynamics

Answer 1

r = b – d

Question 2

What effects births

Answer 2

temperature (rate of hatching)

food resources (number of eggs)

Question 3

What effects deaths

Answer 3

predation (abundance of predators, type of predators)
disease
senescence
Parasites

Question 4

Competition

Answer 4

Brooks and Dodson (1965)
Planktonic herbivores all compete for fine particulate matter
Larger zooplankton do so more efficiently and take larger particles

Question 5

Why do fish target big things

Answer 5

Therefore, when predation is low, the small herbivores will be competitively eliminated by larger forms

Question 6

Defenses against predation

Answer 6

BEHAVIORAL DEFENSES
MORPHOLOGICAL DEFENSES
LIFE HISTORY

Question 7

Diel vertical migration

Answer 7

Big zooplanktion go up at night when there are no fish

Small zooplanktion go up at day when no big zooplanktin

Question 8

CYCLOMORPHOSIS

Answer 8

cyclic or seasonal changes in the phenotype of an organism through successive generations.