Originally Posted By: ewest
I think using basic basic energetics theory is better. The fish will eat what provides the most energy overall. Not necessarily the biggest fish it can swallow.. .


This makes a whole lot of sense to me. Even so, to be true ... the distributions of forage lengths observed reflect the distribution of sizes that were providing the "most energy overall" for the predators sampled.

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