We use it for energy
Lots of small fish eat phytoplankton. Whales eat plankton.
No, plankton do not eat ocean plants. Plankton eat phytoplankton, and phytoplankton use photosynthesis to retrieve energy from the sun.
Phytoplankton are photoautotrophic microorganisms. Many of them use chlorophyll but some of them are protistan eukaryotes, eubacterial prokaryotes or archaebacterial prokaryotes. None of them have a shell, however.
Scientists use satellite images, water samples, and instruments like fluorometers to measure chlorophyll levels in the water, an indicator of phytoplankton presence. They can also conduct underwater surveys and use remote sensing techniques to study phytoplankton distributions and concentrations in the ocean.
Phytoplankton and zooplankton
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The scientific name of phytoplankton is phytoplankton. Phytoplankton refers to a diverse group of photosynthetic microorganisms that drift in aquatic environments.
Mainly they are algae.So they are photosynthetic
Phytoplankton are the autotrophs that are the main producers for the upper layers of the ocean.This is because the upper layers of the ocean provide the most sunlight, which is what phytoplankton need in order to perform photosynthesis.
Copepods will eat phytoplankton.
Zooplankton eat phytoplankton