Question 7

## Question 7. What happens to zooplankton in optimal vs. suboptimal conditions?

Question 7 Response--The answers as to what zooplankton do in optimal and suboptimal conditions varied little among the participants, like high survival and fast growth in optimal, and the opposite in suboptimal conditions. One respondent suggested conceptual consideration of the effects of optimal versus suboptimal effects on zooplankton. Some interesting questions were posed which should receive some attention:

- How could optimal and suboptimal conditions be defined for different species or guilds?

- At what time of life of a zooplankton species are suboptimal conditions likely to occur?