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Plankton are a large group of various organisms that drift in waters and are eaten by larger organisms. They consists of very small animals, algae, bacteria and protists. As a group they contain both animals and plants (algae).

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What ocean animals are plankton?

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What is plankton mad out of?

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Are dinoflagellates phytoplankton?

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