Size-Selective Feeding of Zooplankton by Fish

 

Nelson Hairston, Jr. and Madelyn Stafford-Glase

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1986, Volume 7

Abstract

This laboratory exercise is an experiment to test the size-selective predation hypothesis. Bluegill sunfish are placed in an aquarium containing a range of sizes of a crustacean, Daphnia, and fish stomach contents are examined to determine which size range was eaten.

Keywords:  fish, size-selective predation hypothesis, Daphnia, zooplankton, sunfish, feeding behavior

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1985)