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Zooplankton are the
heterotrophic component of the
planktonic community (the "zoo-"
prefix comes from
Ancient Gr****: ζῷον, romanized: zôion, lit. 'animal')...
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Gelatinous zooplankton are
often transparent. All
jellyfish are
gelatinous zooplankton, but not all
gelatinous zooplankton are jellyfish. The...
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Gelatinous zooplankton are
often transparent. All
jellyfish are
gelatinous zooplankton, but not all
gelatinous zooplankton are jellyfish. The...
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dissolved organic matter (DOM) and are
consumed by
herbivorous zooplankton.
Larger zooplankton - such as
copepods -
egest fecal pellets which can be reingested...
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skeleton is
usually made of silica. They are
found as
zooplankton throughout the
global ocean. As
zooplankton,
radiolarians are
primarily heterotrophic, but...
- The
Census of
Marine Zooplankton is a
field project of the
Census of
Marine Life that has
aimed to
produce a
global ****essment of the
species diversity...
- and
parts of the Mediterranean. It is an
important component of the
zooplankton,
providing food for whales, seals, fish, and birds. In the
Southern Ocean...
- are not
indiscriminate feeders on
zooplankton.
Samples taken in the
presence of
feeding individuals recorded zooplankton densities 75%
higher than adjacent...
- phytoplankton. The
second trophic level (primary consumers) is
occupied by
zooplankton which feed off the phytoplankton.
Higher order consumers complete the...
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opposed to the
benthic zone.
Holoplankton include both
phytoplankton and
zooplankton and vary in size. The most
common plankton are protists. Holoplankton...
