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What organisns is autotrophs copepods herring humans mackerel phytoplankton or swordfish?
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∙ 10y ago
The only autotroph in the list is the plant - the phytoplankton.
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What will eat phytoplankton?
Copepods will eat phytoplankton.
Is a copepod a herbivore?
Copepods eat phytoplankton. The diet of copepods includes microscopic algae, bacteria, and diatoms, and therefore, copepods would technically be considered omnivores.
Do adult invertebrates eat phytoplankton and zooplankton?
Yes, invertebrates such as shrimp do feed on plankton. As do other microorganisms such as copepods and amphipods.
Does a copepods eat phytoplankton?
Yes they do. They have special adaptations to consume phytoplankton called diatoms. Their teeth are capped with silica which is the only thing strong enough to crush the diatom's frustule shell. They consume diatoms so regularly that you can predict where copepods can be found in the coean based on where you would find thriving blooms of diatoms.
Is a copepod a producer?
No, copepods are not producers. They are small crustaceans that primarily feed on phytoplankton and detritus, making them consumers in the food chain.
Are copepods decomposers?
Copepods are collections of small crustaceans that belong to the sea. No, copepods are not decomposers; they are primary consumers.
What does Copepods eat?
Copepods eat Plankton and Algea.
How a cephalopod eats?
Copepods are animals, they feed and reproduce. They are small arthropods. Some species are parasites and will dig into fish and feed on their body fluids, some attach onto the eyes of sharks such as the Greenland shark, and most float through the water eating food particles.
What is marine plankton?
Plankton is a very general term, and is used to describe the tiny, floating organisms in the water. Phytoplankton are plants, and zooplankton are animals. Phytoplankton is usually algae, although zooplankton has many different forms. Zooplankton includes any free-floating animal larvae, some diatoms, radiolarians, some dinoflagellates, foraminifera, amphipods, krill, copepods, and salps.
What is a cyclops predator?
Cyclops is a family of common tiny freshwater copepods that can be scooped out of most ponds and raised in a jar. They eat mostly phytoplankton, ie. single celled algae. Googling copepod will bring up several images of Cyclops.
Is seaweed a phytoplankton?
Spirogyra is a phytoplankton because it performs photosynthesis and behaves more like a plant whereas examples of zooplankton are krill, rotifers, copepods, etc, which act more like animals.
Are copepods bacteria?
No they are not
