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Q: What type of consumer is a zooplankton?
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Is a zooplankton a producer or consumer?

It is a consumer. It feeds on particles.


Is zooplankton a consumer?

yes


Is zooplankton a primary consumer?

Yes, zooplankton is a primary consumer. This is because they feed on the producers in their area and are fed on by the secondary consumers.


Is zoo-plankton a decomposer consumer or producer?

Zooplankton is a consumer because it eats (consumes) other things, e.g: Phytoplankton.


Is a zooplankton a producer or a decomposer?

Zooplankton is a consumer because it eats (consumes) other things, e.g: Phytoplankton.


How do you get zooplankton?

Most zooplankton are microscopic, but jellyfish are a type of large zooplankton. If you go to Key Largo, Florida, you will have no trouble finding jellyfish.


Is Zooplankton a secondary consumer?

Only if they eat other zooplankton (other consumers). Most likely though, they are eating phytoplankton (producers), which makes them primary consumers.


Is a phytoplankton a primary consumer?

Phytoplankton get eaten by Zooplankton and Zooplankton get eaten by Herring but Phyotplankton make their own energy form sunlight so it's a Producer.


Is a crustaceans a producer or consumer?

Krill is a consumer as it eats most photoplankton and some zooplankton


Is a zooplankton a producer?

No, it is not a producer because it eats phytoplankton and therefore is a primary consumer even though it's midget.


Is a krill a primary secondary or tertiary consumer?

Answer is primary consumer. (depending on the type of web you are constructing) krill is a primary consumer or secondary because the primarys include phytoplanktons, zooplankton algae etc and since kill eat phyto and zoo plankton it would be a primary consumer or in a food web it would be in the second bottom row making it secondary in the food piramid or web. eg. bottom row: phytoplankton and zooplankton second bottom row: krill, prawns, and fish then the next up are the tertiary and quaternary row, which are the higher levels in the food web.


What do zooplankton feeds on?

Phytoplankton is a type of algae and it is eaten by shrimp, otocinclus, snails, zooplankton, and mussels.:)