Dissertation Research: An Experimental Study of the Effects of Resource Quality and Quantity on Zooplankton Community Dynamics

大量证据表明，资源的数量和质量对浮游动物群落结构有重要影响。本研究提出的假设描述了浮游动物的资源基础如何在不同战利品和不同氮磷供应比例的系统中随季节变化。预测了浮游动物群落对这些资源基础变化的反应。讨论了去年夏天进行的实验的初步结果，因为它们与提出的假设有关。建议进一步的研究将允许评估资源基础和浮游动物群落的几乎所有组成部分在高和低TN:TP比率下的富集。

Extensive evidence suggests that resource quantity and quality can have an important influence on zooplankton community structure. Hypotheses developed in this research describe how the resource base of the zooplankton is expected to vary seasonally among systems with differing trophy and differing nitrogen and phosphorus supply ratios. Predictions are made regarding the response of the zooplankton community to these variations in resource base. The preliminary results of experiments conducted this past summer are discussed as they pertain to the proposed hypotheses. Further research is proposed that will allow evaluation virtually all of the components of the resource base and of the zooplankton community to enrichment at high and low TN:TP ratios.