Experimental set-up at the University of Potsdam, Germany (IMAGE)

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Experimental set-up at the University of Potsdam, Germany

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The planktonic predator-prey communities were kept in flow-through cultures, so-called chemostats. The green colour indicates high algal prey concentration. When rotifer predators peak, the culture vessel becomes almost transparent.

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Guntram Weithoff, University of Potsdam

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