Question

What is the relationship between water temperature and the brine shrimp and brine flies in the Mono Lake ecosystem?

Answer 1

brine flies prefer warm temperatures to breed in, more brine flies means more food for the brine shrimp, so brine shrimp will be able to breed more as there's more food. and vice versa- in colder temperatures there would be less breeding of the flies, meaning less food for shrimps. therefore less breeding of shrimps)