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Plankton is the base of the marine and fresh-water food web. Phytoplankton are the major way in which sunlight and CO2 is converted to organic molecules, and hence supports life in the ocean and fresh water. Plankton are also responsible for sequestering many elements in the Earth's crust. Carbon, for example, is sequestered when the dead plankton drift down to the sea floor and are buried, finally being subducted under the crust and crushed into limestone or metamorphosed into other rocks.
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Can plankton live in fresh water?
Yes, Plankton can live on fresh OR salt water.
Where is Scenedesmus found?
scenedesmus is found in fresh water plankton
What tide pool zone does zoo plankton live in?
Plankton can be found in the Pelagic zone of oceans, seas, and bodies of fresh water.
Where are plankton mostly found?
Plankton can be found in fresh water and the pelagic zone of seas and oceans. Plankton are organisms that drift around bodies of water.
Is a fresh water mussel a herbivore?
No because it eats plankton and microscopic sea creatures.
What happens when marine protozoan is transferred to a fresh water medium?
marine protozoans transferred to fresh water will
What do fresh water dolphins eat?
they eat anything a salt water dolphin eats (oter fish, plankton)
Which zone has the greatest concentration of plankton in a fresh water lake ecosystem?
Limnetic zone for sure.
Why is it importance to study the plankton communities in aquatic ecosystem?
because it is the photosynthesis method in water and it is called phytoplanktons
Importance of ice?
because it saves the fresh water from lowering.
What is a medium size body of fresh water surrounded by land?
lake
What fresh water fish feed on plankton?
otto cats are your best pick as long as your other fish are not aggresive
