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Plankton is broken down into the three trophic level groups listed below.

Zooplankton: animals, so they consume oxygen (respiration) in the water

Phytoplankton: plants, so they consume oxygen (respiration) in the water, but they also consume CO2 (during photosynthesis). As a result of the process of photosynthesis (autotrophic organisms) they only appear/live in the water where it reaches the solar light (not in the depth of sea).

Bacterioplankton: bacteria and archaea that remineralize organic material.

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