![]() ![]() ![]() To test this, we performed several experiments on the food thresholds (which is a proxy for competitive ability) of 6 zooplankton ( Daphnia) species varying in body size, at high or low oxygen concentrations. However, this hypothesis is still not tested at the community level. Many studies at individual and population levels indicated that this mechanism may be explained by the decrease of competitive abilities of larger- over smaller-bodied individuals, as the production of larger-bodied individuals is more limited due to greater susceptibility to decreased oxygen concentrations (i.e., environmental hypoxia) at elevated temperatures. ![]() Numerous studies have revealed a negative correlation between the body size and temperature among a variety of aquatic ectotherms. ![]()
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