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Limnology

the claim that large zooplankton outcompete small ones for food, so that small species dominate only where planktivorous fish remove the large ones.

In limnology, size-efficiency hypothesis refers to the claim that large zooplankton outcompete small ones for food, so that small species dominate only where planktivorous fish remove the large ones. This meaning comes from Brooks (1965) in Science.[1]

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Brooks, J. L., & Dodson, S. I. (1965). Predation, Body Size, and Composition of Plankton: The effect of a marine planktivore on lake plankton illustrates theory of size, competition, and predation. Science, 150(3692), 28-35. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.150.3692.28

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