EFFECTS OF PREDATOR AND PREY DENSITIES ON INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GOLDFISH AND DAPHNIA PULEX (DE GEER)
- 1 March 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 44 (2) , 285-289
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z66-028
Abstract
The effects on predator efficiency of varying predator and prey densities in a confined system were tested by use of the goldfish and Daphnia pulex. Within the limitations of the experiment, the per capita consumption of prey was reduced by increasing predator density. Also, as prey density increased, the effect on per capita consumption of increasing predator density became less.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- An Aquarium for Maintaining Constant Prey Population Densities in Studies of Predator–Prey InteractionsJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1960