Artemia nauplii consumption by Americamysis bahia as a function of body length from a pilot laboratory experiment

This pilot laboratory experiment focused on the effect of mysid length on consumption of Artemia nauplii over a fixed time interval. Experiments were conducted from November 3-6, 2023 using a species of mysid (Americamysis bahia) as the predatory mysid and 1-2 day old Artemia nauplii as the prey. Experiments were conducted at Chesapeake Biological Lab on a slowly rotating grazing wheel. Experimental containers held a single mysid in 250 ml of 14 ppt of artificial seawater (Instant Ocean). Experiments consisted of initial counts of 40 or 60 Artemia nauplii at water temperatures of 22 degrees C. Experiments lasted 4 hrs, after which Artemia nauplii were counted to determine the total number consumed by each mysid. The dataset contains the mysid length, as well as these counts.