Student A (2023)

Heart-rate of Daphnia in Different Salinities

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Heart rate of Daphnia (BPM)

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Figure 1: showing the affect of increasing salinity on the heart rate of Daphnia carinata

Notes

 Salinity was as a percentage of sea water.

 Heart rate was taken for 10 seconds and multiplied by 6 to get beats per minute.
 Temperature of the treatments was 20°C.
 pH of each treatment was 6.
 Only adult daphnia, that were not pregnant were sampled.