%0 Journal Article
%T Abyssal Deposit©\Feeding Rates Consistent with the Metabolic Theory of Ecology
%J The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America - Wiley Online Library
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1510
%X The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) posits that metabolic rate controls ecological processes. Metabolic rate is a function of organism body mass. We tested a fundamental assumption of MTE, whether resource uptake scales to metabolism, using a temperature©\adjusted model of ingestion for aquatic deposit feeders, and deposit©\feeding rates of abyssal invertebrates estimated from time©\lapse photos. Ingestion was significantly related to body mass, with a mass©\scaling coefficient near the MTE©\predicted value. Our results suggest that after temperature correction, all marine invertebrates might be summarized into a single mass©\scaled ingestion rate, and provide insight into the potential mechanism for this assumption. This photograph illustrates the article ¡°Abyssal deposit©\feeding rates consistent with the metabolic theory of ecology¡± by Jennifer M. Durden, Brian J. Bett, Christine L. Huffard, Henry A. Ruhl, and Kenneth L. Smith published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.256
%U https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bes2.1510