Ciguatera Fish Poisoning is a food poisoning caused by eating a certain fish, a marine finfish (e.g. barracuda), that has eaten certain algae. The algae make a toxin that is not so harmful for the fish, but it is to humans.
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning is a food poisoning caused by eating a certain fish, a marine finfish (e.g. barracuda), that has eaten certain algae. The algae make a toxin that is not so harmful for the fish, but it is to humans.
Phytoplankton and zooplankton
Zooplankton and Phytoplankton. Zooplankton feed on phytoplankton, and Phytoplankton are photosynthetic.
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 different categories can plankton be placed into?
Algae/phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton
Microscopic green algae from the class Prasinophyceae have recently been recognized as major constituents of oceanic phytoplankton.
Plankton has a number of natural predators. Lobster larvae eat zooplankton and phytoplankton. Zooplankton and phytoplankton eat each other and many types of crustaceans eat both types of plankton.
plankton is of 2 types: animal(zooplankton) and plant (phytoplankton)
phytoplankton zooplankton meroplankton holoplankton
some types eat each other. >> means they eat them. zooplankton eats >> phytoplankton