Figure 3
From: Plant detritus is selectively consumed by estuarine copepods and can augment their survival
E. affinis survival curves for algal and vascular plant treatments. Vascular plants consisted of macrophytes (tule & cattail from the estuary) and grasses (mixed species from the catchment area). For each of tule (purple, top panel), cattail (blue, center panel), and grass (green, bottom panel), average feeding rate survival curves (2.38 µg C d−1) are plotted for pure plant material (lighter colors) and mixed algae and plant material (1:3 carbon ratio, darker colors). Pure Chlorella at a low feeding rate (red, 0.6 µg C d−1) is plotted for reference.
