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Yes, copepods can be found in freshwater environments. While many copepod species are marine, there are numerous freshwater species that inhabit lakes, rivers, and ponds. These freshwater copepods play important roles in aquatic ecosystems, serving as a food source for various fish and invertebrates. Their presence can indicate the health of freshwater ecosystems.
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What is a hopopod?
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat.
How do copepods protect themselves?
Copepods are small crustaceans that live on the surface of other sea and freshwater animals. When a copepod senses danger in their immediate surroundings, they are able to jump extremely high to get away.
What sockeye salmon eat?
Sockeye salmon like to feed on aquatic insects when they are in freshwater. When they migrate to the ocean, they feed on squid, fish, amphipods and copepods.
What kind of small fish do Clown Fish eat?
They will eat Mysidacea which are srimp like creatures and Copepods who are small crustaceans found in oceans and freshwater bodies .
Do copepods eat zooplankton?
Yes copepods do eat zooplankton. Zooplankto is an animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae. So you can say they eat that stuff. and a copepo is a minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish
Are copepods bacteria?
No they are not
What does sockeye salmon eat?
Minnows and aquatic life as young, then fish as they become adults in the ocean.
Where do copepods live?
In your mom
What is copepods?
They are tiny fish.
Are copepods decomposers?
No, copepods are not decomposers. They are small aquatic crustaceans that primarily feed on microscopic algae, bacteria, and detritus. They play a role in the marine food web as both primary consumers and prey for various organisms.
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.
Do shrimp eat copepods?
Yes
