ex0921: Ingestion Rates of Deposit Feeders
Description
The data are the typical dry weight in mg, the typical ingestion rate (weight
of food intake per day for one animal) in mg/day, and the percentage of the
food that is composed of organic matter for 19 species of deposit feeders. The
goal is to see whether the distribution of species' ingestion rates depends on
the percentage of organic matter in the food, after accounting for the effect
of species weight and to describe the association.source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A
Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.References
Cammen, L. M. (1980) Ingestion Rate: An Empirical Model for Aquatic Deposit
Feeders and Detritivores, Oecologia 44: 303--310.