Functional responses for zooplankton feeding on multiple resources: a review of assumptions and biological dynamics |
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| Authors: | Wendy Gentleman Andrew Leising Bruce Frost Suzanne Strom James Murray |
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| Institution: | a Engineering Mathematics, Dalhousie University, 1340 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3J 2X4;b Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, 1352 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA;c School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Box 357940, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA;d Shannon Point Marine Center, 1900 Shannon Point, Anacortes, WA 98221, USA |
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| Abstract: | Modelers often need to quantify the rates at which zooplankton consume a variety of species, size classes and trophic types. Implicit in the equations used to describe the multiple resource functional response (i.e. how nutritional intake varies with resource densities) are assumptions that are not often stated, let alone tested. This is problematic because models are sensitive to the details of these formulations. Here, we enable modelers to make more informed decisions by providing them with a new framework for considering zooplankton feeding on multiple resources. We define a new classification of multiple resource responses that is based on preference, selection and switching, and we develop a set of mathematical diagnostics that elucidate model assumptions. We use these tools to evaluate the assumptions and biological dynamics inherent in published multiple resource responses. These models are shown to simulate different resource preferences, implied single resource responses, changes in intake with changing resource densities, nutritional benefits of generalism, and nutritional costs of selection. Certain formulations are further shown to exhibit anomalous dynamics such as negative switching and sub-optimal feeding. Such varied responses can have vastly different ecological consequences for both zooplankton and their resources; inappropriate choices may incorrectly quantify biologically-mediated fluxes and predict spurious dynamics. We discuss how our classes and diagnostics can help constrain parameters, interpret behaviors, and identify limitations to a formulation's applicability for both regional (e.g. High-Nitrate-Low-Chlorophyll regions comprising large areas of the Pacific) and large-scale applications (e.g. global biogeochemical or climate change models). Strategies for assessing uncertainty and for using the mathematics to guide future experimental investigations are also discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Plankton dynamics Functional response Zooplankton grazing Preference Selection Switching |
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