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What types of ocean creatures feed on phytoplankton?
There are a wide variety of ocean creatures which are known to eat phytoplankton. However, krill are believed to be the main organisms which feed on phytoplankton.
What do Antarctica krill eat?
Antarctic krill -- Euphausia superba -- feed on minute phytoplankton. This uses the production energy that the phytoplankton derived from the sun in order to sustain the krill life cycle in the open ocean.These details from the kill Wikipedia page.
What are the population threats to Antarctic krill?
AnswerThe hole in the ozone layer allows radiation from the sun to get through the atmosphere. This can kill phytoplankton, the food krill feed on. this means krill are running out of food. Also about 400,000 tonnes of krill are caught by fishing boats every year. Since 1970 the krill population is down 80%
What food eat of baleen whales?
Baleen whales feed by filtering or straining food from the water. They love to eat krill, fish, zooplankton, phytoplankton, and algae
Why don't the phytoplankton and krill die?
They die. They get eaten (that kills them).
Are krill producer?
No, krill are primary consumers, they eat producers (phytoplankton).
Is a krill a decomposer?
Krill is not a decomposer it is a primary consumer. Krills like to eat Phytoplankton and Zoo plankton
What kind of plant does a krill eat?
phytoplankton
Is krill an animal or a plant?
Plant
Which organism is the carnivore in this food web a krill b marine phytoplankton c adélie penguin d zooplankton?
which organism is the carnivore in this food web ? a. Krill, B. marine Phytoplankton, c. adelie penguin , d. zooplankton?
What are the two types of free floating organisms?
Zooplankton and Phytoplankton. Zooplankton feed on phytoplankton, and Phytoplankton are photosynthetic.
What looks like a shrimp but smaller and eats phytoplankton?
I believe these are known as zooplankton.
