experimental design, be sure to:
• state a hypothesis to be tested
• describe how the control group will be treated differently from the experimental group
• identify the independent variable in the experiment
• identify the type of data that will be collected
Answer
• state a hypothesis to be tested
Development rate increases faster with temperature that growth rate
• describe how the control group will be treated differently from the experimental group
The control group will be raised at 8 different temperatures to assess their size at maturity, and their asymptotic size.
• identify the independent variable in the experiment
3 clonal lines that differ in asymptotic size and growth rate.
• identify the type of data that will be collected
Measurements of the individual length of Daphnia
Explanation
In this experiment, the temperature-size rile(TSR) was utilized where it will be found that responses on temperature size observed at maturity is different from that manifested at asymptotic size. It will be observed that thermal shift in resources allocation may completely or partly result to a thermal plasticity in maturity size. Moreover, it will be seen that thermal plasticity in asymptotic size is controlled by temperature related challenges.