Evaluation of trade-offs in traditional methodologies for measuring metazooplankton growth rates: Assumptions, advantages and disadvantages for field applications

Zooplankton growth rates ultimately shape the functional response of marine ecosystems to regional and global climate changes, because they determine the quantity and distribution of matter and energy within the zooplankton community available to higher trophic levels. Despite the variety of techniques available for measuring zooplankton growth, no or few approaches have been universally applied to the natural zooplankton populations or...